Budapest Short-faced Tumblers are a
breed
A breed is a specific group of 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 several slig ...
of
fancy pigeon developed over many years of
selective breeding.
The breed was created in
Budapest,
Hungary. Budapest Short-faced Tumblers, along with other varieties of
domesticated pigeons, are all descendants of the
rock dove (''Columba livia'').
See also
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List of pigeon breeds
References
Pigeon breeds
Pigeon breeds originating in Hungary
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