English Fantail

English Fantail

Infobox Pigeonbreed
name = English Fantail


imagecaption = English Fantail
status = Common
altname = "Fantail"
country = Origin India, developed in England
nickname =
augroup = Asian feather and voice pigeons
usgroup = Fancy
eegroup = Structure pigeons
extinct =
crest =
feather =Fan shaped tail with 30 to 40 feathers
note =A popular exhibition breed.

The English Fantail (commonly referred to as just "Fantail") is a highly developed breed of fancy pigeon.cite book |last=Levi |first=Wendell |title= The Pigeon|year= 1977|publisher= Levi Publishing Co, Inc|location= Sumter, S.C.|isbn=0853900132 ] The Fantail, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon ("Columba livia"). The Fantail is said to have originated in India, but there are early references to it in Spain and China. [Seymour, Rev. Colin (Ed)(2006) "Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards".]

References

See also

*Fantail (pigeon)
*List of pigeon breeds


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