ABA Recognized Araucana Varieties

Six varieties of Araucana are recognized by the American Bantam Association: Black, Black Breasted Red, Blue, Buff, Silver, and White.

Click on any color below and you will be taken to a page containing photos of Araucana of that color.  Only partial descriptions of colors are included here.  For complete color descriptions for each Araucana variety refer to the current Bantam Standard, available from the ABA.  

Black
"Plumage: The quill and surface of every feather in all sections of the plumage, over the entire body, pure black.  The head, hackle, back, saddle, sickles, and wing bows of the male should have a rich beetle green sheen.  The female should also show some brilliance of feather in the head, hackle, back, cushion, and wing bows.  Shanks & Toes: Willow to Black" . . . Bantam Standard

Photo courtesy of Alan Stanford,Eaton, Ohio
Black Breasted Red
"Color of male - Head: Brilliant deep orange red.  Neck: Hackle - brilliant orange red, free from dark striping and lighter shading at lower extremities of hackle feathers.  Front of neck - black.  Back: Brilliant deep red.  Saddle: Brilliant orange red  free from dark striping and lighter shading at lower extremities of saddle feathers. . . Shanks & Toes: Willow" . . . Bantam Standard

Photo courtesy of Ann Charles, SkyBlueEgg, Mena, Arkansas
Blue
 "Color of Female - Head: Slaty blue.  Neck: Hackle - a uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with lustrous bluish black.  Front of neck - same as breast.  Back, Cushion, Tail, and Coverts: A uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with bluish black.  Wings: Shoulder, Fronts, Bows and Coverts - a uniform shade of plain slaty blue clearly and sharply laced with bluish black. . . Shanks & Toes: Swarthy horn" . . . Bantam Standard

Photo courtesy of Alan Stanford, Eaton, Ohio
Buff
"Color of Male: Plumage: Entire surface, an even shade of intense, golden buff, free from shaftiness, mealiness, cloudiness or mottled appearance. Head, neck, hackle, back, saddle, and wing bow --richly glossed intense golden buff.  Color of Female: Plumage: Entire surface, an even shade of intense, golden buff, free from shaftiness, mealiness, cloudiness or mottled appearance.  Head, neck, hackle, back, saddle, and wing bow - slightly glossed intense golden buff.. . . Shanks & Toes: Willow" . . . Bantam Standard

Photo courtesy of Nancy Utterback, Araucana Haven, Frankton, Indiana
Silver
'Color of Male: Head: Silvery white. Neck: Hackle - silvery white, a dull black stripe, free from shafting, extending down middle of each lower hackle feather, tapering to a point just short of lower extremity, the black stripe increasing in intensity and brilliance to a lustrous greenish black at the lower extremity, to match saddle. Cape - black. Front of neck - rich glossy black. Back: Silvery white. Saddle: Same as hackle. . . Shanks & Toes: Willow" . . . Bantam Standard

Photo courtesy of Dan Wake, California
White
"Color of Male of Male and Female: The quill, undercolor and surface of each feather in all sections of the plumage over entire body, pure white. The head, hackles, back, saddle, and wing bows of the male should have a lustrous sheen. The female should show brilliance of feather in the head, hackle, back, cushion, and wing bow" . . Shanks & Toes: Willow". . . Bantam Standard

Photo courtesy of Nancy Utterback, Araucana Haven, Frankton, Indiana

 

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