Species exhibiting colour mutations observed in breeding programmes
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis carduelis)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive) Agate (sex-linked and recessive) Isabelle (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel brown (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel agate (sex-linked and recessive) Satin (sex-linked and recessive) Albino (sex-linked and recessive) White-throated (autosomal dominant) Broken-mask white (autosomal dominant) Agate Eumo (sex-linked and recessive) Opal (autosomal recessive trait) Single-factor yellow (autosomal dominant trait) Double-factor yellow (co-dominance of the autosomal dominant yellow trait) White head (autosomal recessive factor) Brown white-headed (combination of the white-headed factor with the sex-linked recessive brown factor) Agate white-headed (combination of the white-headed factor with the sex-linked recessive agate factor) White-headed isabelle (combination of the white-headed factor with the sex-linked, recessive isabelle factor) White-headed pastel (combination of the white-headed factor with the sex-linked, recessive pastel factor) Yellow-brown (combination of the autosomal dominant yellow factor with the sex-linked recessive brown factor) Yellow agate (combination of the autosomal dominant yellow factor with the sex-linked recessive agate factor) Yellow Isabelle (combination of the autosomal dominant yellow factor with the sex-linked recessive Isabelle factor) Yellow Pastel (combination of the autosomal dominant yellow factor with the sex-linked recessive pastel factor) Yellow Satin (a combination of the autosomal dominant yellow factor with the sex-linked recessive satin factor)
These various factors have also been combined with the yellow factor (autosomal dominant), e.g. ‘white-headed satin Isabelle’ yellow
Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive factor) Agate (sex-linked and recessive factor) Isabelle (sex-linked and recessive factor) Satin (sex-linked and recessive factor) Pastel (sex-linked and recessive factor) Pastel green (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel agate (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel brown (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel isabelle (sex-linked and recessive) Grey wing (autosomal dominant)
Common Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive) Agate (sex-linked and recessive) Isabeau (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel green (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel brown (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel agate (sex-linked and recessive) Satin (sex-linked and recessive) Phaeo (autosomal recessive) Dilute green (autosomal dominant factor) Dilute brown (combination of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive brown factor) Dilute agate (combination of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive agate factor) Dilute isabelle (combination of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive isabelle factor) Double dilute green (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilute factor) Double dilute brown (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive brown factor) Double diluted agate (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilution factor with the sex-linked recessive agate factor) Double diluted isabelle (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilution factor with the sex-linked recessive isabelle factor) Black-brown-ivory (sex-linked and recessive factor) Brown-ivory (sex-linked and recessive factor) Agate-ivory (sex-linked and recessive factor) Isabelle-ivory (sex-linked and recessive factor) Dilute black-brown-ivory (combination of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked and recessive ivory factor) Dilute ivory brown (combination of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive ivory factor and the sex-linked recessive brown factor) Dilute ivory agate (combination of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive ivory factor and the sex-linked recessive agate factor) Ivory-dilute isabelle (combination of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive ivory factor and the sex-linked recessive isabelle factor) Double dilute black-brown-ivory (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive ivory factor) Double dilute brown-ivory (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive brown factor and the sex-linked recessive ivory factor) Double diluted agate ivory (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive agate factor and the sex-linked recessive ivory factor) Double diluted ivory isabelle (codominance of the autosomal dominant dilute factor with the sex-linked recessive isabelle factor and the sex-linked recessive ivory factor) Phaeo (autosomal recessive factor) Topaz (autosomal recessive factor). Please note that this mutation has been fixed by hybridisation in the alder finch. The original mutation was fixed in the Magellanic finch (Carduelis magellanicus)Sizerin (Carduelis flammea)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive) Agate (sex-linked and recessive) Isabelle (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel brown (sex-linked and recessive) Phaeo (autosomal recessive factor) Pearl (autosomal recessive trait) Single-factor cobalt (autosomal dominant trait) Double-factor cobalt (co-dominance of the autosomal dominant cobalt trait) Cobalt brown (combination of the autosomal dominant cobalt trait with the sex-linked recessive brown trait) Cobalt agate (combination of the autosomal dominant cobalt factor with the sex-linked recessive agate factor)
Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
Pastel (sex-linked and recessive factor)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Brown (sex-linked recessive factor) Pastel (sex-linked recessive factor) Brown pastel (sex-linked recessive factor) Ino (autosomal recessive factor) Brown pastel ino (combination of the autosomal recessive ino factor with the sex-linked recessive brown pastel factor) Pastel ino (combination of the autosomal recessive ino factor with the sex-linked recessive pastel factor) Brown ino (combination of the autosomal recessive ino factor with the sex-linked recessive brown factor) Pearled (autosomal recessive factor) Albino (sex-linked recessive factor)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Brown (sex-linked recessive factor) Agate (sex-linked recessive factor) Isabelle (sex-linked recessive factor) Pastel (sex-linked recessive factor) Opal (autosomal recessive) Brown opal (combination of the sex-linked, recessive brown factor with the autosomal recessive opal factor)Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Brown (autosomal recessive factor) Opal (autosomal recessive factor) Brown Opal (autosomal recessive factor) Pastel (sex-linked recessive factor)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Brown (sex-linked recessive factor) Agate (sex-linked recessive factor) Isabelle (sex-linked recessive factor) Pastel (sex-linked recessive factor) Pastel brown (sex-linked recessive factor) Satin (sex-linked and recessive) Albino (sex-linked and recessive) Opal (autosomal recessive) Pastel brown (sex-linked and recessive) Ivory lutinos (autosomal recessive) Phaeo (autosomal dominant trait)
Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Pastel (sex-linked and recessive trait)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive) Pastel (sex-linked and recessive) Albino (sex-linked and recessive) Satin (sex-linked and recessive) Opal (autosomal recessive) White (autosomal recessive trait)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive trait) Albino (sex-linked and recessive trait) Satin (sex-linked and recessive trait)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Opal (autosomal recessive)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive)
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive) Agate (sex-linked and recessive) White (autosomal recessive) Silver (sex-linked and recessive)
Cini canary (Serinus serinus)
Brown (sex-linked and recessive) Isabelline (sex-linked and recessive)
