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Araucana Colors
Araucana Standard

From The American Standard of Perfection 2001
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Edited by Kate Stanford

Black Araucanas
Color - Male and Female
Comb Face Wattles Ear Lobes	Bright red
Beak	Black
Eyes	Brown
Shanks Toes	Willow to black
Plumage
Surface	Lustrous greenish black
Under color	Dull black

Black Breasted Red Araucanas
Color - Male
Comb Face Wattles Ear Lobes		Bright red
Beak		White or light horn
Eyes		Reddish Bay
Shanks toes		Willow
Plumage
Head		Reddish chesnut
Neck	Hackle	Upper part reddish chesnut gradually shading to bright golden at lower part
	Front of Neck	Black
Back Saddle		Upper part reddish chesnut gradually shading to bright golden at lower part
Tail	Main Tail Main Sickles Lesser Sickles	Lustrous greenish black
	Coverts	Brilliant black edged with reddish bay
Wings	Fronts	Black
	Bow	Lustrous rich red
	Coverts	Lustrous greenish black forming a well-defined bar across wing when folded
	Primaries	Black lower edges light reddish bay
	Secondaries	Black outer webs reddish bay terminating with reddish black at end of each feather; the secondaries when folded forming a reddish-bay wing-bay between the black wing bar and tips of secondary feathers
Color - Female
Comb Face Wattles Ear Lobes		Bright red
Beak		White or light horn
Eyes		Reddish Bay
Shanks Toes		Willow
Plumage
Head		Reddish chesnut
Neck	Hackle	Upper part reddish chesnut gradually shading to bright golden at lower part
	Front of Neck	Black
Back Saddle		Upper part reddish chesnut gradually shading to bright golden at lower part
Tail	Main Tail Main Sickles Lesser Sickles	Lustrous greenish black
	Coverts	Brilliant black edged with reddish bay
Wings	Fronts	Black
	Bow	Lustrous rich red
	Coverts	Lustrous greenish black forming a well-defined bar across wing when folded
	Primaries	Black lower edges light reddish bay
	Secondaries	Black outer webs reddish bay terminating with reddish black at end of each feather the secondaries when folded forming a reddish-bay wing-bay between the black wing bar and tips of secondary feathers

Silver Duckwing Araucanas
Color - Male
Comb Face Wattles Ear Lobes		Bright red
Beak		Horn
Eyes		Red
Shanks toes		Willow
Plumage
Head		White
Neck	Hackle	Silvery white, free from striping
	Front of Neck	Black
Rump		White
Wings	Shoulders	Lustrous black
	Fronts	Lustrous black
	Bows	Silvery white
	Coverts	Lustrous blue-black forming a distinct bar across wings
	Secondaries	Part of outer webs forming wing-bay, white Remainder of secondaries, black
Breast		Lustrous black
Body, stern		Black
Color - Female
Comb Face Wattles Ear Lobes		Bright red
Beak		Horn
Eyes		Red
Shanks Toes		Willow
Plumage
Head		Silvery gray
Neck	Hackle	Silvery gray, with a narrow black stripe through middle of each feather, terminating in a point near its lower extremity
	Front of Neck	Pale salmon
Back		Medium gray, finely stippled with light ashy gray, the light ashy gray predominating, free from shafting
Rump		Medium gray, stippled with lighter gray
Wings	Shoulders Fronts Bows Coverts, Secondaries	Medium gray, finely stippled with light ashy gray, the light ashy gray predominating, free from shafting
	Primaries	Black
Breast		Salmon, shading to light ashy gray at thighs
Body, stern		Light ashy gray

White Araucanas
Color - Male and Female
Comb Face Wattles Ear Lobes	Bright red
Beak	Yellow
Eyes	Red
Shanks toes	Yellow
Plumage
Web fluff and shafts of all feathers in all sections	White

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