Breed
Ablaq
الأبلق
الأبلج
The Ablaq (or Ablag) house — one of the foundation houses of the Egyptian Ghuzar pigeon, and among the most demanding to keep: its sub-houses are numerous and differ from one another in much detail, each house carries many points of standard, and careless crossing between houses has blurred them further. Keepers disagree over its origin in three camps, variously counting green, sokrota, hazel-shell, red, black and violet among the foundation colours. The pattern is white-bodied with coloured cheeks and shoulders, a white blaze (mesalla) down the centre of the head, and a raised forehead (qantara).
References
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Sub-breeds
Ablaq Qeshr Bondoq
أبلق قشر بندق
Ablaq ala Farw
أبلق على فرو
Ablaq Akhdar
الأبلق الأخضر
Akhdar Rayeq
أخضر رايق
Ablaq Sokrota
أبلق سكروته
Al-Sokrota El-Rayeq
السكروته الرايق
Ablaq Ahmar
أبلق أحمر
Ablaq ala Ward
أبلق على ورد
Ablaq Aswad
الأبلق الأسود
Ablaq ala Fahm
أبلق على فحم
Ablaq Abyad
الأبلق الأبيض
Ablaq ala Zahr
أبلق على زهر
Ablaq Banafsegi
الأبلق البنفسجي
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