English Short-faced Tumbler

{{Short description|Breed of pigeon}}

{{Infobox Pigeonbreed

| name = English Short-faced Tumbler

| image = English short faced tumbler.jpg

| imagecaption = English Short-faced Tumbler

| status = Common

| altname = English Short-face TumblerBreeds from the NPA Standard: [http://www.npausa.com/breeds/breeds_groups.html table of contents by group]

| country = England

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| usgroup = Tumblers, rollers and high flyers

| eegroup = Tumbler and highflyer

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| note = "Face" in the name of this breed refers to the distance from the centre of the eye to the corner of the mouth. Compare with the English Long-faced Tumbler.

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The English Short-faced Tumbler[http://www.entente-ee.com/deutsch/sparten/tauben/Dateien/2012/ELRT%2011-06-2012.pdf EE-List of the breeds of fancy pigeons (ELFP)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415154727/http://www.entente-ee.com/deutsch/sparten/tauben/Dateien/2012/ELRT%2011-06-2012.pdf |date=2013-04-15 }} by the Section for Fancy pigeons of the European Association of Poultry-, Pigeon- and Rabbit-breeders, Revision 11; June 2012 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 }} English Short-faced Tumblers along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons are all descendants of the rock dove (Columba livia). The English Short-faced Tumbler is one of the oldest breeds referred to in John Moore's book {{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnRZAAAAYAAJ|title = Columbarium: Or, the Pigeon-house: Being an Introduction to a Natural History of Tame Pigeons. Giving an Account of the Several Species Known in England, with the Method of Breeding Them, Their Distempers and Cures|last1 = Moore|first1 = John|year = 1735}} Columbarium: or, The pigeon-house; being an introduction to a natural history of tame pigeons, giving an account of the several species known in England, with the method of breeding them, their distempers and cures (London: J. Wilford, 1735).Seymour, Colin (ed.); 2006; Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards.