Most of these birds are some shade of white, light tan, or cream, lacking some of the vibrant markings of the darker zebra finch mutations. I enjoy the light mutations of the zebra finch, for a light bird with an orange beak and legs looks very striking in the aviary. To recap from part one , a normal zebra finch has a gray back, with bright orange cheek patches, beak, and legs. Black teardrops fall along the edge of the cheek patch, and a strip of white accentuates the bright beak. A small black band crosses the zebra's chest, with the rest of its chest being white or cream.
Females lack the cheek patches.
The lightest of all zebra finch mutations is the white zebra finch. As one of the earliest zebra finch mutations, the exact time and place of its origin is unknown. The bird of a white zebra has dark eyes, showing that it is not an albino bird. In fact, true albino zebra finches are extremely rare. Some white zebra finches display flecking, or spots of color, on their neck and back.