Fantail Pigeon (1 Viewer)

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Jul 4, 2004

• #1

Just a quickie:

I've occasionally heard of pigeon fanciers keeping "Fantail Pigeons" Is this an actual species, or is it just some cultivated variety of Rock Dove? If it is a "real" bird, what is its range?

 

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Dave B Smith

Well-known member

• Jul 6, 2004

• #2

It's a domestic pigeon derived from the Rock Pigeon. I'm sure if you do an image search on google you'll finds hundreds of pictures. They are a very beautiful bird. They (almost) always have their tail raised and spread like a Tom turkey displaying.

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Jul 6, 2004

• #3

Thanks for that, Dave. I've wondered about that for years. I did wade though a few pages of Google references without finding anything useful, so I thought I'd take the easy way out by asking here.

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Jul 6, 2004

• #4

Hi Jason,

Agreed with Dave in all respects but one . . . they're not beautiful, they're UGLY deformed horrors . . . :eek!:

Michael