English Short-faced Tumbler facts for kids
English Short-faced Tumbler
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| Conservation status | Common |
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| Other names | English Short-face Tumbler |
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| US Breed Group | Tumblers, rollers and high flyers |
| EE Breed Group | Tumbler and highflyer |
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| "Face" in the name of this breed refers to the distance from the centre of the eye to the corner of the mouth. Compare with the English Long-faced Tumbler. | |
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The English Short-faced Tumbler is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. English Short-faced Tumblers along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons are all descendants from the rock pigeon (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).
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