The English Short-faced Tumbler
[EE-List of the breeds of fancy pigeons (ELFP)](_blank)
by the Section for Fancy pigeons of the European Association of Poultry-, Pigeon- and Rabbit-breeders, Revision 11; June 2012 is a
breed
A breed is a specific group of breedable domestic animals having homogeneous appearance (phenotype), homogeneous behavior, and/or other characteristics that distinguish it from other organisms of the same species. In literature, there exist seve ...
of
fancy pigeon
Fancy pigeon refers to any breed of domestic pigeon, which is a domesticated form of the wild rock dove (''Columba livia''). They are bred by pigeon fanciers for various traits relating to size, shape, color, and behavior, and often exhibited at pi ...
developed over many years of
selective breeding
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant m ...
.
English Short-faced
Tumblers
Tumbler may refer to:
* Tumbler (firearms), a part of the firing mechanism in older firearms
* Tumbler (glass), a type of glassware
* Tumbler (pigeon), a pigeon breed
* Tumbler (Project Xanadu), a unique identifier of a unit of text or an e ...
along with other varieties of
domesticated pigeons are all descendants of the
rock dove
The rock dove (''Columba livia''), also sometimes known as "rock pigeon" or "common pigeon", is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon", although the rock dov ...
(''Columba livia''). The English Short-faced Tumbler is one of the oldest breeds referred to in John Moore's book Columbarium: or, The pigeon-house; being an introduction to a natural history of tame pigeons, giving an account of the several species known in England, with the method of breeding them, their distempers and cures (London: J. Wilford, 1735).
[Seymour, Colin (ed.); 2006; ''Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards''.]
See also
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List of pigeon breeds
This is an alphabetical list of pigeon breeds; these are exclusively breeds of the domestic pigeon (''Columba livia domestica''). Other Columbidae species (e.g., the Barbary dove, ''Streptopelia risoria'') have been domesticated and developed in ...
References
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