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A Fantail pigeon. The Fantail is a popular breed of fancy pigeon. [1] The American Pigeon Journal had special issues devoted to the breed in February 1975 and July 1977 [2] The magazine is available for viewing in Wikipedia Commons. [3]
The English Fantail is a highly developed breed of fancy pigeon. [1] The Fantail, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons , are all descendants of the rock dove ( Columba livia ). The Fantail is said to have originated in India , but there are early references to it in Spain and China .
The Fantail breed of pigeons is believed to have originated in India. It is thought that they may have been introduced to Europe by the Dutch. [3] They were described by the poet of Akbar's court, Abu’l-Fazl, in 1590. [4] They have a distinct fan-shaped tail, and are bigger than the English Fantail pigeon and also have foot feathers and crests.
This is an alphabetical list of pigeon breeds; these are exclusively breeds of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica). Other Columbidae species (e.g., the Barbary dove , Streptopelia risoria ) have been domesticated and developed into breeds, but these are generally simple colour variations of the plumage .
Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.Most of the species are about 15 to 18 cm (5.9 to 7.1 in) long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "fantails", but the Australian willie wagtail is a little larger, and, though still an expert hunter of insects on the wing ...
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The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves. They are distributed among 50 genera. They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Black thicket fantail; Black thrush; Black tinamou; Black turnstone; Black vulture; Black wheatear; Black wood pigeon; Black woodpecker; Black-and-buff woodpecker; Black-and-chestnut eagle; Black-and-chestnut warbling finch; Black-and-cinnamon fantail; Black-and-crimson oriole; Black-and-gold cotinga; Black-and-gold tanager; Black-and-orange ...