Black Shoulder
Photo Courtesy of: Craig Seifer, North Liberty, IN
Photo Courtesy of: Robert E. McDade Jr., Milledgeville,
GA
Black Shoulder (Pavo cristatus negripennis)
This mutation has all the physical characteristics
and colors as the India Blue, except the wing feathers, which
are black with dark green mixed. The train feathers also have
a more bronze appearance. Records indicate this mutation appeared
as early as 1823 in Europe. Black Shoulder breed true Black Shoulder
offspring when bred Black Shoulder to Black Shoulder.
Photo Courtesy of: Craig Seifer, North Liberty, IN
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