Chinmoy
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©Travis Barta

©Dan Guether (Dwight Baker Linage)

©Dan Guenther

The above pictures are what these breeders consider to be the "Chinmoy" as described by Abakash Konopiaty in 1985.

Here is a scanned picture of the original flyer published in the ADA & CDA (courtesy of  John House with the CDA) bulletins back in 1985.
These are the only known photos of this color.

The top three pictures of an adult bird, when closely looked at, are of the same bird (different poses); the bird does not show a full neck ring, only a partial. The one picture, with the bird's neck twisted backwards looks to show a full neck ring, but since the other spots on the bird match up with the other birds in the other two top pictures, this can only be the same bird & thus no full neck ring. Again when compared to where a normal neck ring should be, it seems the coloration is either just above or below this area. One picture even shows coloration above & below the "white neck ring". A "white neck ring" is indicative of double dose Tangerine.

I do not put any credence in the statement of the "pearled factor on the flights" of the juveniles - this facet is a juvenile facet & is even found in Wild Type juveniles (dark centers with light edging on the flights). Many Tangerine & Orange juveniles show this facet in their flights as well. This color was described at the very beginning of the introduction of the Tangerine, Orange & Pearled birds here in the US - so not much info was available on any of these new colors & their affect on other colors.

The pictures on the flyer are what the original description was taken from. Since the description in the flyer is very vague, one must use the photos  in determining the color description. Any bird not appearing as in the photos should not be called Chinmoy.

Look at the Tangerine Pearled birds, these are what is known as "minimal" pearled (not a very good pearled pattern).

 
Combination Colors