The Szegedin Highflyer 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.
Szegedin Highflyers, along with other varieties of
domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the
rock pigeon (''Columba livia'').
The breed belongs to the
Flying/Sporting pigeons group.
Origin
The breed was developed in
Hungary (
Szeged and other cities). Originally brought up from the Orient.
[* Seymour, Rev. Colin (Ed)(2006) ''Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards''.] Also known as a crested Tippler.
See also
*
List of pigeon breeds
References
External links
*
Pigeon breeds originating in Hungary
{{Domesticated-pigeon-breed-stub