There are at least four main types of competitive pigeon sport: *

Pigeon racing Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel ...

* Tumbling * Highflying *

Tippler The tippler is a breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. Flying results of up to 22 hours (non-stop) have been reported. Origins The pigeon evolved from the rock pigeon (''Columba livia'') that is endemic ...

(Endurance) Though not quite a sport, fancy breeds of

pigeon Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

s are also bred to standards and judged in a competitive fashion. Levi in his book ''The Pigeon'' describes all aspects of

pigeon keeping Pigeon keeping or pigeon fancying is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. People have practiced pigeon keeping for at least 5,000 years and in almost every part of the world. In that time, humans have substantially altered the morp ...

. For exhibition purposes sport pigeons are sometimes grouped as Flying/Sporting Pigeons.

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