The Vienna Highflyer is a

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of fancy pigeon developed over many years of

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. Vienna Highflyers, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the rock pigeon (''Columba livia'').

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* Pigeon breeds {{Domesticated-pigeon-breed-stub

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