The Old Dutch Tumbler is 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
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 mal ...
. Old Dutch Tumblers, along with other varieties of
domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the
rock pigeon (''Columba livia'').
See also
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List of pigeon breeds
References
External links
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