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The Carrier or English Carrier is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. [1] Carriers, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons , are all descendants of the rock dove ( Columba livia ).
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Modern-day homing pigeons do have English carrier blood in them because they are in part descendants of the old-style carriers. [citation needed] The domestic pigeon is derived from the wild rock dove (Columba livia sspp.); the rock dove has an innate homing ability, [7] meaning that it will generally return to its nest using magnetoreception. [8]
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 .
Cher Ami was one of 600 English-bred birds donated to the Pigeon Service on May 20, 1918. It is unknown exactly when Cher Ami hatched, though it was likely in late March or early April of 1918. Cher Ami's identification band is stamped with "NURP 18 EAD 615," meaning he was a "National Union Racing Pigeon" and born in 1918.
Whitman originally acquired his passenger pigeons from David Whittaker of Wisconsin, who sent him six birds, two of which later bred and hatched Martha in about 1885. [4] Martha was named in honor of Martha Washington. [5] Whitman kept these pigeons to study their behavior, along with rock doves and Eurasian collared-doves. [6]
There are many fancy or ornamental breeds of pigeons: among them are the English carrier pigeons, a variety of pigeon with prominent wattles and an almost vertical stance, the Duchess breed, which has as a prominent characteristic feet that are completely covered by a sort of fan of feathers, the fantails with a fan of tail feathers like a ...