This document provides information on 32 different varieties of domestic pigeons from around the world. It describes their origins, physical characteristics, and uses. Some key varieties discussed include the Homing Pigeon, known for its ability to find its way home over long distances using various navigation techniques, and the King Pigeon breed from the United States which was developed for both exhibition and meat production. The document also covers several Indian breeds such as the Jacobin, known for its feathered head ornamentation, and the Fantail breed, distinguished by its fan-shaped tail.

1. .
PIGEON
VARIETIES

2. DOMESTIC PIGEONS
 Scientific name: Columba livia domestica
 Pigeon subspecies that was derived from the rock dove (also called
the rock pigeon). The rock pigeon is the world's oldest
domesticated bird.
 Research suggests that domestication of pigeons occurred as early as
10,000 years ago.
 Pigeons have made contributions of considerable importance to
humanity, especially in times of war. In war the homing ability of
pigeons has been put to use by making them messengers. So-called
war pigeon have carried many vital messages and some have been
decorated for their services.
 Cropmilk or pigeon milk produced by both male and female parent
birds may occasionally be replaced with artificial substitutes.
 Pigeons are extremely protective of their eggs, and in some cases
will go to severe lengths to protect their productive eggs and have
been known to seek revenge on those who interfere with their
productive process.
 Baby pigeons are called squeakers or squabs

3. Uses :
 The use of a sun compass
 Nocturnal navigation by stars
 Visual landmark map
 Navigation by infrasound map
 Polarised light compass
 Olfactory stimuli/Olfactory navigation
 For food: Pigeons are also bred for meat, generally called
squab and harvested from young birds. For commercial
meat production a breed of large white pigeon, named "King
pigeon," has been developed by selective breeding. Breeds
of pigeons developed for their meat are collectively known
as utility pigeons.
 Exhibition breeds: Pigeon fanciers developed many exotic
forms of pigeon. These are generally classed as fancy
pigeons.
 Flying/Sporting

4. 1. AFRICAN OWL PIGEON
 The African Owl is a breed of fancy pigeon
developed over many years of selective
breeding.
 They originated in Tunisia (Africa), and
were imported into England during the 19th
century.
 The breed is known for its
short beak, which gives the
breed the "Owl" name due to
the size and shape.

5. 2. AMERICAN SHOW
RACER The American Show Racer pigeon is also known as
the Show Pen Racer, and nicknamed the "Bird of
Dignity."
 Origin: United States
 It is a breed of domestic pigeon that began in the
early 1950s with the finest Racing Homers,
selectively bred for their
breed type.
 In 1952, The American Show
Pen Racer Club was formed at
The National Show held in
Des Moines,Iowa.

6. 3. GAINT RUNT
 Origin: United States
 The breed is known for its large size and
suitability for squab production

7. 4. ANTWERP SMERLE
 Origin: Belgium
 The Antwerp Smerle is a breed of fancy
pigeon developed over many years of
selective breeding.
 The Smerle was one of the breeds used in
the development of the
Racing Homer.

8. 5. ARABIAN TRUMPETER
 Origin: Bangladesh
 The Arabian Trumpeter is a breed of fancy
pigeon developed over many years of selective
breeding.
 There are several breeds of which are known for
their vocal cooing
which sounds similar to
laughter or trumpeting.
 The breeds with this ability
are collectively known as
"voice"

9. 6. AUSTRALIAN
SADDLEBACK TUMBLER
 Origin: Australia
 The Australian Saddleback Tumbler is a
breed of fancy pigeon developed over many
years of selective breeding.
 As the name suggests, this breed is an
Australian creation and
was first recognized as a
breed in 1917.

10. 7. BERLIN LONG FACED
TUMBLER
 Origin: Berlin
 The Berlin Long-faced Tumbler is a
breed of fancy pigeon.
 The "face" in this breed refers to the
distance from the centre
of the eye to the corner
of the mouth.

11. 8. BERLIN SHORT
FACED TUMBLER
 Origin: Berlin
 The Berlin Short-faced Tumbler is a breed of
fancy pigeon developed over many years of
selective breeding.
 The "face" in this breed
refers to the distance
between the center of the
eye and the corner of the
mouth.

12. 9. BRITISH SHOW
RACER
 Origin: United kingdom
 British Show Racer is a breed of fancy pigeon
developed over many years of selective breeding.
 As the name suggests, this breed was developed as
an exhibition breed in Britain from local stocks of
racing pigeons.
 Douglas McClary in his book
Pigeons for Everyone describes
Show Racers as simply the
"show version" of the popular
racing pigeon.

13. 10. BRUNNER POUTER
 Origin: Czech Republic
 The Brunner Pouter is a breed of fancy
pigeon developed over many years of
selective breeding
 The breed is one of the
most popular
blower breeds.

14. 11. EGYPTIAN SWIFT
PIGEON
 Origin: Egypt
 The Egyptian Swift is a breed of fancy pigeon
developed over many years of selective breeding.
 The name swift was given by reason of a
resemblance to the bird of that name Egyptian
Swifts.
 The breed is known for its
long wings and tail and its
short beak.
 The flying Egyptian Swift
is one or two inches shorter
than a show Egyptian Swift.

15. 12. CARNEAU
 Origin: Northern France and southren
Belgium
 This breed of pigeon develop over many
years off select two breeding primarily as a
utility pigeon
 Domesticated pigeon
known for large size
and suitability of Squab
production

16. 13. CHINESE FLYING
PIGEON
 Origin : China
 This is a breed of domestic Pigeons
 This feather ornament on the top of
the beak is a hallmark this breed

17. 14. DAMSCENE PIGEON
 Know as Istanbullu pigeon
 The breed is thought to have originated in
Damascus, Syria and hence its name
Damscene
 Fancy breed

18. 15. DRAGOON PIGEON
 A very old breed of British Origin, referred to by
Moore.
 Classified under Domesticated pigeon
 Grouped under fancy breeds
 The dragoon was one of the breeds used in the
development of the Racing Homer
 A similar looking pigeon is
the Indian Gola but the Gola
has more mottled wings
 It was one of the pigeon breeds
which was used in the
development of the Racing
Homer pigeon

19. 16. ENGLISH CARRIER
 Origin: England
 Fancy breed
 The largest of the flying pigeon breed and oldest English carrier Was
originally used for sending messages
 The breed was developed in England from combination of non European
breeds including, Persian and baggad carriers, and the Pouter.
 English carrier is typically about
17. 5-18.5 inches in in height with a
a long slender body.
 The breastbone should be straight and
long as should the the back which should
slope towards the rump
 The English carrier has typically deep
red eyes and a distinctive wattle which
should be large , but firm with rounded
shape and powder white finish on the surface.

20. 17. ENGLISH TUMPETER
 Origin: America
 Fancy bread fancy breed
 This is one of the the most popular breed in in
USA
 The English Trumpeter is regarded as one of the
the most ornamental breeds of fancy breed
 The most distinguishing features of this breed are
the very large muffs on its feet, which often grow
to sizes close to its flights- features .
 They are bred in a number of colours which are
listed under self, splast and baldhead.

22. 18. FLYING TRIPPLER
 Origin: Mediterranean region and China
 Special features: used for endurance competition,notable record of
flying upto 22 hrs
 The predominant theory is that the tippler was a cross breed,
between the homing pigeon and the cumulet.
 This cross-breeding was thought to improve the bird's endurance
and allow a larger flight range.
 It is proposed that selection for this long-term flying ability helped
to eliminateits progenitor's tumbling flight
behavior.
 The breed is believed to have originated
in 1845, near the silk milling towns of
Congleton and Macclesfield in East Cheshire,
England.
 The breeder's aim was to perfect the
"butterfly action" of the wings

23. 19. FRILL BACK
 Origin: Australia
 It’s a fancy bird
 Have frill/curls on the wing shield feathers
 The quality of a Frillback is based on a 100-point scale, with the head constituting
15 points, the color constituting 15 points, the body constituting 10 points, the curl
constituting 50 points, and the muff constituting 10 points.
 A yellow Frillback.
 The colors of standard Frillbacks fall into six color categories.
 Self – white, black, recessive red, yellow
 Pattern – recessive red mottle, yellow mottle, rosewing, whiteside
 Grizzle – red, yellow, blue, silver
 Shield marked – red, yellow, blue-black bar,
silver-dun bar, mealy ash-red bar, ash-cream
bar
 ARC – Any rare color
 ARCP – Any rare color pattern

24. 20. HOMING PIGEON
 Origin : not known
 Homing pigeons use low-frequency sound
waves that emanate from just about everything
to mentally map their environments and
navigate back to their lofts.
 Homing pigeons have long blown the minds of
us mere mammals with
their remarkable ability to
find their way home, even a
cross huge and disorienting
distances.

25. 21. ICE PIGEON
 Origin : East Germany to western Poland
 Strong field pigeon shape with low station, muffed or clean
legged, always plain headed
 The Ice pigeon has several varieties, differing in the type and
colour of their wing pattern. All are otherwise unpatterned, except
for a wide black tail-end band; the ends of the rectrices are white.
 The basic color of Ice pigeons is a pale grey.
They appear even lighter due to their abundant powder down,
which covers the entire plumage in whitish dust; its Polish name
Lazurek ("glazed pigeon“) refers to this.
 The English and German names refer
to the coloration, which in bright light
appears "icy" white, with a very slight
bluish hue. All varieties may have
feathered or unfeathered feet.

26. 22. NUN PIGEON
 Origin: Germany
 Fancy breed
 Also known as Dutch Shell Pigeon
 The Nun is one of the oldest breeds and was
originally a flying Tumbler before being
developed for exhibition.
 It’s is a mostly white breed
with a hood of feather which
gives the to the breed

27. 23. KONIGSBERG
COLOUR HEAD
TUMBLER Origin: Germany
 The Königsberg Colour-head comes in the
colours black, red, white, yellow, and blue.
 Their rudders and heads can be of any of the
above colours.
 Conformance standards
for this breed require
perfect body posture and
high carriage.

28. 24. KING
 Origin: United states
 The King is a dual purpose breed that
originated in the United States.
 They were developed during the 1890s by
crossing four older varieties.
 The Duchess for grace;
The Homer for alertness;
The Maltese for
compactness and style.
the Runt for body and size.

29. 25. LUCERNE GOLD
COLLAR
 Origin: Switzerland
 The breed is a of fancy pigeon developed
over many years of selective breeding.
 Along with other varieties of domesticated
pigeons are all descendants from the rock
pigeon .
 The collar is required
to be a rich but clear
golden yellow.

30. 26. MODENA
 Origin: Italy
 The breed comes in many different colors in
two main varieties, Gazzi and Schietti.
 Gazzi is a pied marking with the head and
portion of the throat, the wings and the tail
colored and the rest of the
bird being white.
 Schiettis are non-pied.

31. 27. PIGMY POUTER
 Origin: England
 The breed is a of fancy pigeon developed
over many years of selective breeding.
 Noted British poultry breeder Sir John
Sebright (who later bred
the Sebright Bantam) is
believed to have first bred
the Pigmy Pouter, though
the issue is debatable.

32. 28. POLISH ORLIK
 Origin: Southern Ukraine
 The breed is a of pigeon also known
as Polish Orlik or Lublin Orlik that has
been developed for high flying.
 It is a variety of
domesticated rock dove.
 This breed of high flying
tippler was developed by
centuries of breeding.

33. 29. ROUBAISIEN
 Origin: Paris
 These varieties are informed quite popular in their
home country, but are less publicized outside Europe.
 These varieties are known to be able to fly well, but
are now more geared towards improved performance.
 The reminds, by its shape,
the Pie, which differs in
size that is 25 cm, the bird
standing and weight that is
450 to 500 g.
 Its tail is shorter and its
wingspan smaller.

34. 30. STARLING
 Origin: Germany
 The breed is a of fancy pigeon
 Developed over many years of selective
breeding.
 Starlings, along with
other varieties of
domesticated pigeons,
are all descendants from
the rock pigeon.

35. 31. THURINGIAN COLOUR
PIGEON Origin: Germany
 Domesticated pigeon
 This breed group is known
for several different colours
and markings .
 Varieties include the thuringianbreasi, Thuringian
monk,
Thuringian shield , Thuringian
Whitetail and the Thuringian
spot .
 The breed can be either
plain or shell crested , but is
always clean-legged

36. 32. ZITTERHALL
 The Stargard Shaker (German name: Stargarder Zitterhals,
French name: Trembleur de Stargard), also called
Zitterhall (German: Zitterhals, sg. 'trembling neck pigeon'
 Originally developed in Pomerania.
 Zitterhälse, pl. 'trembling necks'), is a breed of fancy
pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.
 Zitterhals have curved swan-like
necks that tremble or shake in a
way similar to Fantail pigeons.
 A Zitterhals pigeon was one of
the champions at the 2007 NPA
Grand Nationals

37. INDIAN
BREEDS

38. 1. JACOBIN
 Origin India
 Fancy breed
 It is found in Madrid Zoo
 A popular exhibition breed
 Feather ornamentation : the head ornament is a
combination of the three parts know as the hood ,
Mane and chain
 It is in the Asian feather
and voice pigeon show
group. The breed is known
for its feathered hood over
its head.

39. 2. FANTAIL
 Origin:India, Pakistan, China, Japan or Spain
 It is a fancy bird
 It is found in San Diego Zoo
 fan shaped tail,used for training of racing pigeons and tipplers
 It is characterised by a fan-shaped tail composed of 30 to 40 feathers,
abnormally more than most members of the pigeon family, which
usually have 12 to 14 feathers.
 There are several subvarieties, such as the English Fantail, the Indian
Fantail, and the Thai Fantail.
 There is a feather mutation called Silky that gives an interesting lace
effect to a Fantails tail feathers. Fantails with
this mutation are known as Silky or
Lace Fantails.
 Fantails are often used by pigeon flyers
in the training of racing pigeons and Tipplers.
 They are used as droppers in that they are
placed on the loft landing board as a signal to
the flying birds to come in and be fed.

40. 3. MADRASI HIGHFLYER
 Origin: India(Tamilnadu, Kerala)
 Zoo found in Neharu zoological park
 They have a streamlined body ideal for flying
long hours.
 They usually have
orange to reddish eyes.

41. SOME OF THE FANCY
BREEDS
1. ANCIENT TUMBLER

42. 2. AUSTRALIAN
PERFORMING
TUMBLER
3. CHINESE
FLYING PIGEON

43. 4. CHINESE OWL
PIGEON
5. COBURG LARK
PIGEON

44. 6. CHISTOPOLIAN HIGHFLYER

45. 7. CAUCHOIS PIGEON

46. 8. CRESTED
SOULTZ
9. CUMULET

47. 10. DOMESTIC
SHOW FLIGHT
11. DUTCH
CROPPER

48. 12. SAXON SHIELD 13. VEINNA
HIGHFLYER

49. SOMEOFCOLOURFULBREEDS
1. PINK-NECKED
GREEN PIGEON
2. NICOBAR
PIGEON

50. 3. VICTORIA
CROWNED
PIGEON
4. BRONZEWING
PIGEON

51. 5. BLUE
CROWNED
PIGEON
6. AFRICAN
GREEN PIGEON

52. 7. SPINIFEX
PIGEON
8. ORIENTAL FRILL
PIGEON

53. REFERENCE:
 wikipedia
 www.boredpanda.com

54. THANK
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