Here is a list of all Pigeon species and Breeds with links to informational pages and photos all in alphabetical order so they are easy to search through.
Please do a search on the species you are interested in and click on the corresponding pigeon webpage.
(Columbidae – Please see also Doves)
Pigeon Information … Intelligence & Amazing Facts … Breed Photo Gallery
Homing Pigeons – their abilities to find their way home as come in handy in many ways throughout history
Tumbler Pigeons – the aerial acrobats of the pigeon breeds
Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta): Mangoverde
African Flying Baldheads: Arizona Pigeon Club
African Green Pigeon (Treron calva): Other names: Afrikaans: papegaaiduif – French: Colombar à front nu – German: Rotnasen-Grüntaube – Dutch: Afrikaanse papegaaiduif. Description: This is shy bird that is usually found in small flocks hiding in dense foliage. It is quiet and unobtrusive and almost entirely arboreal, rarely coming to the ground. It feeds on fruit and can be locally common around fruiting fig trees (its gizzard is adapted for grinding fig seeds). Physical characteristics: When seen clambering around in a tree, the immediate impression is of a green, parrot-like bird. At closer range, this species is unmistakable with its green-and-yellow plumage and chestnut vent. When feeding, it climbs about in fruiting trees, sometimes hangs upside down on branches to obtain fruit. Habitat: The African Green Pigeon inhabits the African forest, bushveld and savanna. Always associated with fruiting trees, especially figs … Destination Kruger Park (great info & photos)
African Owls
African Show Racers: American Show Racers
American Bohemian Pouters
American Dragoon
American Flying Baldheads: Show Standards
American Flying Tumblers:American Flying Tumbler Club
American Giant Homers
American Giant Rumblers
American Helmets: American Helmet Association … Helmet Forum
American Komorner Tumblers: American Komorner Tumbler Club website … American Komorner Tumbler Club: Jim Muesing, Sec/Treasurer, 51 Mt. Vernon Cr., Asheville, NC 28804. (828) 255-8547 … Indian Nations Pearl Eyed Komorner Tumbler Club: Bobby Lee Taber, Sec., 2121 Harmony Star Rd., Claremore, OK 74017 … Central Komorner Tumbler Club: Richard E. Walkush, Sec., N2136 Cleghoen Rd., Waupaca, WI 54981. (715) 258-7957
American Lahore: Slobberknockerlofts.com
American Maltese
American Roller: Arizona Pigeon Club
American Show Homers
American Show Racers: Arizona Pigeon Club
American Stasser: Arizona Pigeon Club
Anbary Asmar
Ancient Tumbler: Arizona Pigeon Club
Antwerp
Antwerp Smerle
Arad Barred Highflyer
Archangel (please also see Gimpel) / Russian Trjasun
Ashy Wood-Pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)
Australian Saddleback Tumblers
Baker’s or Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bakeri)
Baku Tumbler
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata)
Banat Chicken Pigeon
Barbs: North American Wattled Breeds Club
Bearded White Silky Bantams
Barabanshik
Birmingham Rollers
Blue-crowned Pigeons: whozoo.org
Blue-headed Pigeons:Audubon
Blue Pigeons
Bokhara Crack Tumbler
Bokhara Trumpeter: One of the most popular breeds of trumpeter in the U.S., the Bokhara Trumpeter is most noticeably characterized by its lengthy full muffs (feathers on the feet) and double crest which completely obscures the bird’s eyes and gives it a look reminiscent of the English sheepdog. The trumpeting breeds of pigeon are so named because of their unique vocalizations which sound vaguely like low laughter
Bokhara Trumpeter (Bokharski Barabanshik)
Bolle’s Pigeon (Columba bollii)
Bonin Wood-pigeon (Columba versicolor) was endemic to Nakodo-jima (“Nakondo” is a frequent spelling error) and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands off the coast of Japan. It averaged a total length of 45 cm and was known from four recorded specimens, the first from 1827. The Bonin Wood-pigeon died out late in the 19th century as a result of deforestation, hunting and predation by introduced rats and cats. The last known specimen was taken in 1889.
Breslauer Tumblers
Bruce’s Green-Pigeon (Treron waalia): Mangoverde
Brunner Pouters
Bucharest Ciung
Buda Grizzle Budapest Short Face Tumbler
Budapest Kiebitz Tumbler
Budapest Muffed Stork
Budapest Short Faced Tumbler
California Color Pigeons
Carneau
Capuchine
Clean Leg Fullhead Swallow
Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis)
Chilean Pigeon (Patagioenas araucana)
Chinese Nasal Tuft
Chinese Owl
Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula whartoni)
Choiseul Crested Pigeon (Microgoura meeki)
Common Bronze-winged Pigeon
Colillano Pouters
Collared Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula mullerii)
Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera)
Craiova Chestnut Tumbler
Crescent
Crested Pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes)
Crested Soultz
Cropper Pigeons
Crowned … White-crowned Pigeons
Czech Ice Pouters
Damascene
Danish Tumblers
Danzig Highflier
De 466
De Dax
Der Kleine Dromer
De Marseille
De SuperPau
De Perpignan
Dewlap
Domestic Show Flight
Dodo (Extinct) (Raphus cucullatus)
Donecks
Dragoon
Dutch Cropper
Dutch Pouters
Egyptian Swifts
Elbinger Baldhead: Arizona Pigeon Club
Elegant Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula concinna): Mangoverde
Elster Pouters: Arizona Pigeon Club
English-American Modenas
English Carriers: Arizona Pigeon Club …
English Long Faced Clean Legged Tumblers
English Long Faced Muffed Tumblers
English Nuns
English Pouters … SMS Lofts
English Show Homer (American Version)
English Trumpeters
European Komorner Tumblers
Exhibition Carneaux: Standard
Exhibition Homers
Exhibition Oriental Rollers
Fantails: The fantail is a popular breed of fancy pigeon characterised by a tail composed of 30 to 40 feathers, abnormally more than most members of the pigeon family, which usually have 12 to 14 feathers. It is thought to have originated in India, China or Spain, and can be found in New Zealand, among other places
Field Color Pigeons:
Florentine
Flying Birmingham Rollers
Flying Cumulets
Flying Flights
Flying Oriental Rollers
Flying Performing Rollers
Flying Saddle Homers
Flying Tipplers
Franconian Trumpeter
French Bagdad
French Mondain
Frillback
Gaditano Pouters
Galati Tumbler: Comes in a variety of colors and is well known for its fast and consecutive rolls. It has a small and delicate peak with a round head and clear white eyes.There is also one variety of the breed used for flying performance, with no rolling ability. It is easy to keep; however, is sensitive to low temperatures.
Galician Highfliers
Genuine Homers
German Beak Crested Trumpeters
German Beauty Homers
German Double Crested Trumpeters
German Elster Pouter
German Owls
German Strassers
Ghent Pouters
Giant American Crests
Giant Runts
Gimpel (also see Archangel)
Gorguero Pouters
Grey Imperial (Ducula pickeringii) and Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducala aenea)
Grey-fronted Green Pigeon or Pompadour Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora)
Grey Wood-pigeon also known as Silvery Wood-pigeon(Columba argentina)
Grivuni Highflyer
Hamburger Tumblers
Hana Pouters
Helmet
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris)
Holle Croppers
Hollanders
Homing Pigeons aka Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Horseman Pouters
Hungarian
Hungarian Giant House Pigeons
Hungarian Short Beakers
Hyacinth Pigeons
Ice Pigeon
Indian Fantails
Indian Fantasy
Iranian Highflying Tumblers (aka Persian or Tehran Highfliers)
Island Imperial (Ducula pistrinaria)
Jacobin
Jassy Tumblers
Kazaner Tumblers
Kazan Trjasun
Kererū or New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae)
Kiev Tumblers
Komorner Tumblers
Konigsberg Moorheads
Large Green (Treron capellei)
Laurel Pigeon (Columba junoniae): Endemic to the Canary Islands. A rare resident breeder in the mountain laurel forest zone, it builds a stick nest in a tree. There it lays one white egg. At 40-43 cm, it looks like a very dark Wood Pigeon. It is a basically dark brown bird, with a dark pink breast. The lack of any white markings, together with its darker markings, distinguish it from the other species. Brown, rather than dark grey plumage, and the lack of dark bands on the grey tail distinguish it from the other pigeon endemic to the Canary Islands, Bolle’s Pigeon. Its flight is quick and performed by regular beats. An occasional sharp flick of the wings is characteristic of pigeons in general. Often, the bird takes off with a loud clattering. The call is a hoarse hiccuped cooing.
Laudino Sevillano Pouters
Lebanon
Lille Pouters
Little Green-Pigeon (Treron olax)
Lugansk Trjasun
Madagascar Blue (Alectroenas madagascariensis)
Maltese
Marchenero Pouters
Marquesan Imperial (Ducula galeata)
Maroon-bellied Crowned (Goura scheepmakeri)
Mauritius Pink
Mauritius Blue aka Pigeon Hollandais (Alectroenas nitidissima) (Extinct)
Modenas
Mondaines
Mountain Imperial (Ducula badia)
Moscow Turmani
Mookee
Muffed Baku
New York Danish Flying Tumblers: Arizona Pigeon Club
New York Flying Baldy
New York Medium Faced Tipplers
New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
Nikolajevski Shield (Nikolajevski Boczaty)
Nilgiri Woodpigeon (Columba elphinstonii)
North Caucasian Statnije
Norwegian Tumblers
Norwich Croppers: Arizona Pigeon Club … Mike Hughes (Great Info: Standard, Info, Videos & Photos)
Novi Sad Shortfaced Tumblers
Nukuhiva Pigeon (Ducula galeata)
Nuns: Arizona Pigeon Club
Nurnberg Swallows: Arizona Pigeon Club
Old Dutch Capuchines
Old Dutch Tumblers
Old Dutch Turbits
Old German Croppers
Old Dutch Capuchines
Olive Pigeon
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (Treron bicincta)
Oriental Frills
Oriental Roller Pigeons
Oriental Show Rollers
Pale-backed Pigeon (Columba eversmanni): Breeds in southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Afghanistan, north-east Iran and extreme north-west China. It winters in Pakistan and north-west India.
Pale-vented Pigeon (Columba cayennensis)
Parlour Rollers / Parlour Tumblers
Partridge Pigeon (Geophaps smithii)
Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
Peking Spot Highflier
Persian Highfliers (Please refer to Iranian Highflying Tumblers)
Perm Grivuni Highflier
Pheasant Pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis)
Picazuro Pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro)
Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducala bicolor)
Pigmy Pouters
Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)
Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)
Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea)
Pinon Imperial (Ducala pinon)
Polish Lynxs
Polish Orlik Skycutters (Orlik Polski or Orlik Lubelski & Orlik Wilenski)
Pomeranian Pouters
Pompadour Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora))
Pouter
Prachen Kaniks
Prager Short Face Tumblers
Racing Homers
Rafeno Pouters
Rameron Pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris or Columba flavirostris)
Reinaugen Tumblers: Arizona Pigeon Club
Réunion Pink Pigeons (Streptopelia duboisi)
Reverswing Color Pigeons
Reverswing Pouters: Arizona Pigeon Club
Riga Tumblers
Ring-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas caribaea)
Rodrigues Grey Pigeons (Extinct)
Rodrigues Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria)
Rollers
Rock Pigeons (Columba livia)
Romanian Magpied Beard Tumbler
Romanian Naked Neck Tumblers
Romanian WhiteTailed Highfliers
Rosecomb Bantams
Rostov Statnije Tumblers
Royal Snow Tumblers
Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea or Columba subvinacea)
Ryukyu Wood-pigeon (Columba jouyi)
Rzhev Startail Tumblers / Turmani
Russian Tumbler Pigeons / Russian Crack Tumblers
Russian Tumblers (Volga Type)
Russian Trumpeter (Russki Barabanshik)
Saints
Sao Tome Olive Pigeon (Columba thomensis)
Saxon Breast Pigeons
Saxon Fairy Swallows
Saxon Monks
Saxon Pouters
Saxon Priests
Saxon Shields
Saxon Spots
Saxon Storks
Saxon White Tails
Scaled Pigeon (Columba speciosa)
Scaly-naped Pigeon (Patagioenas squamosa)
Scandroons
Schmalkaldener Mohrenkopf
Schoneberger Streifge Tumblers
Seraphims
Serbian Highfliers
Seychelles Blue (Alectroenas pulcherrima)
Short-billed (Patagioenas nigrirostris or Columba nigrirostris)
Shortface Pigeons
Show Cumulets
Show Homers
Show Kings
Show Racing Homers
Show Tipplers
Silesian Pouters
Silky Fowl / Silky Bantams
Silver-banded or Silver-crescented Pigeons (PigeonColumba jouyi) aka Ryukyu Wood-pigeons
Silvery or Silvery or Grey Wood-pigeon (Columba argentina)
Southern Crowned (Goura scheepmakeri)
Speckled (Columba guinea)
Spanish Pouters / Spanish Croppers
Spinifex (Geophaps plumifera)
Spot-winged (Patagioenas maculosa)
Sri Lanka Woodpigeon (Columba torringtoni): Endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri Lanka. This species nests in damp evergeen woodlands in the central highlands, building a stick nest in a tree and laying a single white egg. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general. Most of its food is vegetable. Normally silent it utters an owl-like hoo call in the breeding season. It is 36cm in length. Its upperparts and tail are dark grey, and the head and underparts are lilac, becoming paler on the belly. There is a black-and-white chessboard pattern on the nape. It can be quite easily seen in the woods of the Horton Plains National Park.
Srebrinak Perlovys
Starlsund Highfliers
Starwitzer Pouters
Startail Tumblers
Stavak or Swint Pouters
Steiger Pouters
Steinheim Bagdads
Stellar Pouters
Stettiner Tumblers
Stock (Columba oenas)
Stork
Sumba Green (Treron teysmannii)
Sverdlovsk Blue-gray Mottle-headed
Swallows
Swiss Crescents
Swiss Mondaines
Syrian Coop Tumblers
Syrian Fantails
Syrian Owls
Syrian Swifts
Syrian Turbiteens
Szegediner Tumblers
Sziranj Trjasuns
Taganrog Tumblers
Taqlajis
Texan Pioneers
Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
Thailand Laughers
Thuringer Pouters
Thuringer Swallows
Thuringer Wing Pigeons
Timisoara Tumbler
Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa)
Torres Strait Imperial Pigeon
Triangular Spot Pigeon
Trocaz Pigeon (Columba trocaz): Endemic to Madeira. It is a scarce resident breeder in caves and on mountains in the laurel forest zone, where 10,000 birds remain. At 42-45 cm, it looks like a large Wood Pigeon. It is a basically grey bird, with a pinkish breast. It lacks any white markings, which together with a silvery neck patch distinguishes it from the other species of Columba. Breeds in caves, laying one white egg in a nest on a ledge. Its flight is quick, performed by regular beats, with an occasional sharp flick of the wings, characteristic of pigeons in general. It takes off with a loud clattering. The call is a characteristic cooing doo-doh, like Wood Pigeon.
Trumpeter
Turbits
Turmani
Tutcheresi
Ukrainian Skycutters
Uzbekistan Tumbler (Uzbekistanski Boinije)
– Valecian Figurita: Arizona Pigeon Club
– Vanuatu or Baker’s Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bakeri)
– Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
– Viennas
– Vienna Gansels
– Vienna Medium Faced Tumblers
– Vienna White Shield Tumblers
– Vogtlander Trumpeters
– Voorburg Shield Croppers
– Vorwerk Bantams
– Western Crowned Pigeons (Goura cristata)
– West of England Tumblers
– White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
– White-crowned Pigeons (Columba now Patagioenas leucocephala)
– White-headed Pigeons (Columba leucomela)
– White-throated Pigeons (Columba vitiensis)
– Wood Pigeons (Columba palumbus)
– Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)
– Wuta
– Wutas (Vouta) Divers
– Yekaterinagrad Tumbler
– Yellow-footed or Yellow-legged Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera)
– Zitterhall
– Zoe Imperial (Ducula zoeae)
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