Indigo & Andalusian

Indigo is a fairly common and popular color and is usually characterized by a darker colored head and a lack of or lightening of the tail bar in Checks and Bars.
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Indigo on Blue Check

Picture courtesy of David Strait

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Homozygous Indigo Bar Roller

Beautiful example of Homozygous Indigo!!  Note the dark head, rust colored neck, and blue wing shields with reddish bars.

Picture courtesy of Dan Kraker

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Indigo Bar Roller hen

This is Indigo on Blue Bar.

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Homozygous Andalusian Roller (Immature)

Homozygous Andalusian is characterized by the light silvery colored body with a darker head.  Some may appear nearly White with the dark head.

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Homozygous Andalusian Roller (Mature)

After the adult moult, many Homozygous (or Pure) Andalusians show some lacing in the wings.

Picture courtesy of David Strait

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Andalusian

This is Indigo on Black.

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Homozygous Indigo Bar Roller

Notice the differences between the Mealy Bar and Mealy Indigo pictures at right.

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Mealy Bar Indigo Roller

This is Indigo on Ash Red (Mealy) Bar.

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Mealy Bar Homer

This picture is for comparison with Mealy Indigo at left.  See the noticeably more bluish coloring on the Indigo.

Picture courtesy of Badlands Loft

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Indigo Check Roller

This is Indigo on T-Pattern Blue Check.

T-Pattern Indigo Checks will show more of the "bronze" coloring in the wing shields.

Picture courtesy of David Strait

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Indigo Opal Check Roller

Notice the lighter overall shade due to the Opal factor.

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Dilute Indigo Bar

This is Indigo on Silver Bar.  Sometimes referred to as Silver Indigo.

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Dilute Indigo Check

This is Indigo on Silver Check, or Silver Indigo.

Picture courtesy of David Strait

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Dilute Andalusian

This is Indigo on Dun.

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Red Check Indigo Roller

This is Indigo on Ash Red Check.  Note the darker head, flights, tail.

Picture courtesy of David Strait

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Indigo Opal Check Roller

Notice the typical darker head of the Indigo.

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Reduced Homozygous Indigo Bar Roller

This is a beautiful combination of Homozygous (Pure) Indigo and Reduced on a Blue Bar base color.

Picture courtesy of David Strait

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This bird is Andalusian Qualmond.  It is a cock bird and also carries Brown.  David Strait loaned this bird to me a couple years ago and, through test matings, we were able to discover the true genetic makeup of this bird.

Picture courtesy of David Strait

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The three pics above and the middle picture below are all of the same bird.  It is a Reduced Indigo Bar.  Notice the pastel appearance of the adult plumage (above left, middle) in comparison with the juvenile plumage (above right).  There is also an excellent shot of the wing (below middle).

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