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Flying/Sporting is the name of one of three main groupings of breeds of domesticated pigeons used by pigeon fanciers in the United States. The other two are Fancy and Utility. Vienna Highflier. These groupings, which can be somewhat arbitrary, are useful mainly in the context of a pigeon show.
The secrets of Tippler Pigeon Flying with 18 Invaluable Receipts by J Stanway; Origins of the English Flying Tipplers by Jack Prescott, February 2006. Levi, Wendell (1977). The Pigeon. Sumter, S.C.: Levi Publishing Co, Inc. ISBN 0-85390-013-2. CURLEY, J. T. 1961. The time-flying tippler pigeon sport Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine ...
Classic Almond Oriental Roller bred by Zeljko Talanga. The key hallmark of the Oriental Roller is its flying style. They show a variety of different figures in the air, which are single somersaults, double somersaults, rolling (a number of uncountable somersaults), rotation with open wings, nose dives, sudden change of direction during flight and very rarely axial turns.
The Chinese Flying pigeon is a breed of domestic pigeon. Chinese Flying pigeons, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons , are all descendants from the rock pigeon ( Columba livia ). Origin
The best birds tend to rise above the rest of the kit to show off their talents. The flying characteristic of the Iranian Highflyer is that of a soaring/hovering bird (as opposed to the raking flying style of for instance the Tippler), with a slower wing beat than most flying breeds of pigeons. They are endurance flyers gaining altitude quickly ...
The Ukrainian Skycutter is a breed of pigeon (also known as Polish Orlik or Lublin Orlik) that has been developed for high flying. It is a variety of domesticated rock dove ( Columba liva ). This breed of high flying tippler was developed by centuries of breeding.
A relatively recent creation which is not mentioned by Wendell Levi in his text The Pigeon. Some evidence exists that the breed has descended from "The Illyrian Pigeon". [1] This would make the Serbian Highflyer a relative of the Archangel pigeon, which has a similar body type. The crest (upturned feathers behind head) on the Archangel come to ...
The Dönek is a Turkish breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. The name Donek is of Turkish language origin and means, "turning and dropping down from the sky. These breeds are found around THE WORLD and in previous ottoman states like Greece and Macedonia" [ 1 ] The Alina, along with other varieties of ...