White Face

White face gliders are the second most common type of glider. They are very similar to standard grays in color except they are missing the dark bar under their ears.  That is the primary difference between them and standard grays.  The missing ear bar creates the look of a lighter or ‘white’ face.  White face is a dominant trait, so only one parent needs to be white face to produce white face offspring.  White face can coexist with other traits also, so you can have a white face mosaic for instance.  This can often make it difficult to tell if a glider is white face or not.  Other traits can mask the white face.  However, if a pair produces white face offspring, then you know that one of the parents must be white face, possibly just masked by another trait. Like many colors, there are lighter and darker variations of white face. Some appear more blonde while others are more gray.  Some lines of white face gliders, like our breeding glider Mindy, have a split diamond on their forehead.  White face used to be widely referred to as White Face Blonde.