Dragoon pigeon

{{Short description|Breed of pigeon}}

{{about|breed of pigeon|other uses|Dragoon (disambiguation)}}

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| name = Dragoon

| image = Dragoon pigeon.jpg

| imagecaption = Blue bar Dragoon pigeon

| status = Common

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| country = United Kingdom

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| usgroup = Fancy

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| note = At one time, the most popular breed of pigeon kept in the UK

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The Dragoon is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.{{cite book |last=Levi |first=Wendell |title= The Pigeon|year= 1977|publisher= Levi Publishing Co, Inc|location= Sumter, S.C.|isbn=0-85390-013-2 }} Dragoons, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants of the wild rock dove (Columba livia). The Dragoon was one of the breeds used in the development of the Racing Homer.

A very old breed of British origin, referred to by Moore (1735).Seymour, Rev. Colin (Ed)(2006) Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards.

A similar looking pigeon is the Indian Gola, but the Gola has more mottled wings.