European Greenfinch – pastel isabelle

Description:

The Isabelle Pastel mutation is the latest to have been established in breeding. A few of us breeders are fortunate enough to be able to breed it. It is a sex-linked, recessive trait. Pictured here is a magnificent Isabelle Pastel male. The album features young Greenfinches in the nest, including a female Isabelle Pastel (alongside two male Isabelles and one male Agate). The Isabelle Pastel is more vibrant in colour than the Satin (Agate Lutino). A characteristic of the Isabelle Pastel is that its eyes are red in the nest but turn dark, as in the Isabelle, whilst the Satin and Lutino retain their red eyes. A Pastel Agate male and an Isabelle male carrying the Pastel Isabelle gene display more lipochrome than homozygous Agate and Isabelle birds.

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