Self-Black Call
Brian Simmons~ Vice-PResident~ committee chair
Steve Jones~ Treasurer
TBA
Steve Jones~ Treasurer
TBA
| Self-Black Committee Members: |
EYES: Dark brown, approaching black.
BILL: Drake- black, with olive shading toward tip permissible. Duck- black
SHANKS AND TOES: Shanks and toes black or slaty black while immature, usually acquiring orange tint
in adults.
Plumage: Uniformly black, with pronounced greenish luster throughout, except in speculum where a
subdued slight purple hue is permissible. Where other things are equal, the more pronounced the
greenish luster of the surface plumage, the more desirable the specimen.
Defects
Yellowed or light olive colored bills in drake; orange cast to leg color in both sexes, concealed white or
gray in plumage; minor exposed white in plumage at base of lower jaw; purple luster on surface, except
in speculum; lack of overall greenish sheen.
Disqualifications
Conspicuous white in any section of plumage
BILL: Drake- black, with olive shading toward tip permissible. Duck- black
SHANKS AND TOES: Shanks and toes black or slaty black while immature, usually acquiring orange tint
in adults.
Plumage: Uniformly black, with pronounced greenish luster throughout, except in speculum where a
subdued slight purple hue is permissible. Where other things are equal, the more pronounced the
greenish luster of the surface plumage, the more desirable the specimen.
Defects
Yellowed or light olive colored bills in drake; orange cast to leg color in both sexes, concealed white or
gray in plumage; minor exposed white in plumage at base of lower jaw; purple luster on surface, except
in speculum; lack of overall greenish sheen.
Disqualifications
Conspicuous white in any section of plumage
| Proposed ABA Black Call Male and Female |
