How to read a Timbrado Español Floreado scoresheet
The scoresheet is where the judge scores each bird’s song at a show. Reading it well tells you much more than the total: what your bird does well, what it lacks, and what to look for in its mate. This guide follows the FECC Timbrado Español Floreado sheet; FOCDE’s has the same notes and points today.
How the sheet is laid out
Header: the federation, the show, the date, the judge, the class (single bird or team) and the sheet number.
One column per bird, with its cage number (and sometimes its ring).
The positive notes, each with its most points: they add up.
The faults: they take points off.
The total: the positive notes minus the faults. Teams also get a harmony score for the group.
The notes and their most points
| Note | Most points |
|---|---|
| Variaciones Conjuntas | 30 |
| Floreos Lentos | 30 |
| Campana | 9 |
| Floreos Semiligados | 27 |
| Cascabel | 6 |
| Cloqueos | 21 |
| Castañuelas | 3 |
| Agua Lenta | 9 |
| Agua Semiligada | 6 |
| Blibleo | 3 |
| Impresión | 3 |
| Most in total | 147 |
Faults
Each of these takes off up to 3 points:
How to read your bird’s sheet
Do not look only at the total. Compare each note with its most points: 24 in Floreos Lentos (out of 30) is a stronger note than 6 in Cascabel (out of 6), even though the second is “full”.
Look for your bird’s strong and weak notes against your own stable, not only against the most points. A note all your birds sing weakly is a note your line needs.
Watch the faults. A brilliant bird with repeated faults passes the fault on too.
Compare several sheets of the same bird. Different judges and days give different figures: the average of several sheets says more than one.
Why it matters when pairing
The strong and weak notes of your cocks, and of your hens’ families (hens do not sing, but their brothers, fathers and sons do), tell you which pairs can make up for each other: a cock weak in a note with a hen from a family strong in it.
Common questions
Does this apply to the FOCDE sheet too?
Yes: today FOCDE’s Timbrado Español Floreado sheet has the same notes and the same most points as FECC’s.
Why does the same bird score differently at two shows?
Each judge hears differently, and a bird does not sing the same every day. That is why the average of several sheets is worth more than one.
Keep every scoresheet, note by note
Canora is free for canary breeders: it keeps each sheet on the bird (also from a photo of the paper sheet), works out the averages, and shows which notes each cock, each hen by her sons, and each line sing best.