Tangerine
Tangerine male
Both photos courtesy of Leah Hawes
Tangerine Pearl
Photo courtesy of Leah Hawes
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The most dominant gene in Doves, Tangerine is a reddish-orange bird with gray flights. In males, the head, neck and breast are a purplish color. In females this is not as noticeable.
Neck ring is gray in both sexes.
Eye color is red.
The homozygous form of Tangerine is Tangerine Pearl. Tangerine Pearls show a white ground color in the wing shields and back with reddish-orange lacing. This pearling effect can range from a few feathers with white centers to an all white back.
Tangerine Pearls have white flights and a white neck ring.
The dilute of Tangerine is Orange. Oranges are a light orange color with light gray to near-white flights. The purple head, neck and breast is lost in males.
Neck ring is gray.
Eye color is nearly the same as Tangerine.
Orange Pearls are the same as Tangerine Pearls in the effect of pearling. It can range from minimal pearling to white-back.
Orange Pearls have white flights and neck ring.
There has been some research done into a concept of a Rosy Tangerine which is a normal Tangerine with white flights and white neck ring. Information is somewhat sparse on why this happens or how to make it. As I study this more in my own loft under controlled circumstances, I will post my findings.
