The Stralsund Highflyer (german: Stralsunder Hochflieger) 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. Stralsund Highflyers, along with other varieties of
domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the
rock pigeon (''Columba livia'').
History
The breed emerged in
Pomerania, where
Stralsund
Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...
is located, and was developed from the French ''Cumulet''.
[Seymour, Rev. Colin (Ed)(2006) ''Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards''.]
See also
*
List of pigeon breeds
References
Pigeon breeds
Pigeon breeds originating in Germany
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