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The Berlin Short-faced Tumbler 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 ...
. Berlin Short-faced Tumblers, 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'').


Origin

This breed was developed by crossing the ''Ancient Tumbler'', ''Kazaner Tumbler'' and other breeds in
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and surrounds in the mid 19th Century.Seymour, Rev. Colin (Ed)(2006) ''Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards''.


See also

* List of pigeon breeds


References


External links

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