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@ Recovering Academic
2025-05-09 21:54:56
This is a young adult female Japanese Quail.
Phenotype: Sparkly Fawn.
https://image.nostr.build/0f8960e55493f09d62a3a2163ec6841cefb2b977a3e852b08b8cf93d49845292.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/c470a96a12ebacaccfc0f0c45cf9305cc850163bfae01907d1620f9cbd0f4cdc.jpg
Fawn is a common base pattern and has a golden speckled or orange cream vibe about it.
Two of the fawn genes will tend to wash-out darker colours and speckles, producing what is known as the Manchurian phenotype.
One copy of the gene will produce the Italian phenotype, which is more speckled. Female Italians tend to have speckles on the top half of their breasts.
This lady is special as she has the sparkly gene which ads more black into the mix. Not only does she have more black barring across her back than a typical Manchurian or Italian, but her black chest spots are quite pronounced and extend across her belly.
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