  National American Roller Club
Standard of Perfection ~ Adopted 10/02
Color 20 pts.
All colors should be rich and lustrous looking, showing no off colored or smutty feathers. Birds should also be firm of body and feather. Color points are not affected by markings.
Size and Body 15 pts.
The American roller should be a bird of medium size between 8 and 12 ounces. Body to be gracefully proportioned showing good width of chest and tapering to the tail. Keel should show some depth, shallow keeled birds are not desired. Birds are to be short and cobby.
Stance 15 pts.
The bird should stand straight and erect with full chest. The bird should stand upright on straight legs somewhere between 35-45 degrees. The flat, squatting, or crouching bird is not desired.
Head 10 pts.
The head should have a graceful continuously curving oval shape, not round. The head should be free of any flat areas. The head and backskull should be powerful, but not so large as to be out of proportion with the rest of the bird. The head should also not be pinched or narrow.
Neck 10 pts.
The neck is to be of medium length. The neck should show good power, stout at the shoulders and tapering slightly towards the head.
Flights and Cover 10 pts.
Flights should be strong and broad. When the wing is extended there should be 0 gaps. The wing tips should reach to within % of an inch to the end of the tail. Wings should be carried above the tail, not below. The secondarys should be long, strong, and cover the back. The sideboarding look is not desired.
Tail 10pts.
The tail should be tight and close in formation, and when closed be as close to one tail feather wide as possible.
Beak 5 pts.
All birds must have flesh colored beak of medium size. Wattles to be of a fine white texture, not to exaggerated.
Eyes 5 pts.
Eyes must be pearl colored only. The pupil should be centered in the middle of the eye. The eye should be encircled by a fine white eye cere.
Legs and Feet 5 pts.
All birds must be clean legged. Legs to be short and straight, but not so short that the bird appears to squat. Toenails must be flesh colored.
Disqualifications
1. Any other eye color except pearl. This includes all bull, orange, yellow, odd, or cracked eye.
2. No feathers on the legs or feet.
3. More than 12 tail feathers
4. Any bird that weighs more than 12 ounces.
5. Any other beak or toenail color other than flesh.
6. Dark or red eye cere.
7. Split or no visible oil gland
8. Crooked or otherwise misshapen keel.
9. Any type of crest or topknot.
Official Colors for the American Roller
Red
Color to be as deep a shade of chestnut red as possible. A lighter shade is acceptable, but must be even and free of smut. The darker the better.
Black
Color to be as dark and shiny as possible. Should not show any checking or be a flat color.
Yellow
Color preferred to be a deep golden buff yellow. Again free of smut.
Dun
Color to be a rich even shade of steel gray.
The following are considered to be Rare Colors
Blue
Color to be light sky blue free of smoke.
Silver
Color should be a nice shade of neutral gray.
Brown
Color to be the shade of chocolate or cocoa. Deeper the better.
Khaki
Color should be very pale having a somewhat yellowish tinge
White
Self colored birds are preferred. To be entered as a white at least 90% of the bird must be white.
Mealy
Color to be a clear shade of ash red on body, and darkening on the head. Bars are preferred, with as little flecking as possible.
Almond
The ground color to be a good deep yellow, spangled with black.
Andalusian
TBA
Indigo
TBA
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