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with light tan spots, although breeders have introduced more new colors. They walk on their toes. Their average weight is 13 ounces (369 g) and their average length is 11 inches (28 cm). The Indian Fantail stands upright, unlike the English fantail whose chest is carried upright so that it is higher than the bird's head, which rests back on the cushion formed by the tail feathers.
In recent years, a new variety of Indian Fantails has been developed in Pakistan, named American Fantails. It has the same attributes as the Indian Fantail except it is larger in size. Most Fantail clubs do not recognize it as a separate breed and consider it an oversized Indian Fantail. Moreover, the name "American Fantail" is used for the modern American variant of English Fantail in most countries outside Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.
Indian Fantail pigeons usually lay 2 eggs in a clutch. Hatched fledglings take at least 4 to 6 weeks to fly and leave their home. However, they take feed from their parents until they are 6 weeks old. Usually, a breeding pair can lay eggs around or after 21 days from the first hatch.
Indian Fantail Pigeons
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Fantail
Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus ''Rhipidura'' in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Most of the species are about long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "f ...
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 ...
. Indian Fantails, 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'').
Description
The Fantail breed of pigeons is believed to have originated in India. It is thought that they may have been introduced to Europe by the Dutch. They were described by the poet of Akbar's court, Abu’l-Fazl, in 1590. They have a distinct fan-shaped tail, and are bigger than the English Fantail pigeon and also have foot feathers and crests. Indian Fantail pigeons are most commonly white with light tan spots, although breeders have introduced more new colors. They walk on their toes. Their average weight is 13 ounces (369 g) and their average length is 11 inches (28 cm). The Indian Fantail stands upright, unlike the English fantail whose chest is carried upright so that it is higher than the bird's head, which rests back on the cushion formed by the tail feathers.
In recent years, a new variety of Indian Fantails has been developed in Pakistan, named American Fantails. It has the same attributes as the Indian Fantail except it is larger in size. Most Fantail clubs do not recognize it as a separate breed and consider it an oversized Indian Fantail. Moreover, the name "American Fantail" is used for the modern American variant of English Fantail in most countries outside Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.
Indian Fantail pigeons usually lay 2 eggs in a clutch. Hatched fledglings take at least 4 to 6 weeks to fly and leave their home. However, they take feed from their parents until they are 6 weeks old. Usually, a breeding pair can lay eggs around or after 21 days from the first hatch.
See also
*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 ...
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Indian Fantail Pigeons
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