Modena Pigeon

Modena Pigeon

The Modena pigeon is a breed of domestic fancy pigeon from Italy. It derives it’s name from the city of Modena in Italy, where it was first bred centuries ago. The breed was actually developed over many years of selective breed. This breed and other varieties of domesticated pigeons, all are descendants from the feral or wild rock pigeon. Many people consider this breed to be the world’s top show pigeon. It is an old breed, and story of this breed begins in the early 1300s. These birds were actually a slim and small performing bird at that time. However, read some more information about the Modena pigeon below.
Appearance
The Modena pigeon is an average sized bird with very beautiful appearance. It is mainly bred to present a striking curvy shape with a prominent chest, uplifted wings and tail carried high. Total impression of this bird is being round and proud. It comes in many different colors in two main varieties, Gazzi and Schietti. The Gazzi is a pied marking with the head and portion of the throat, the wings and the tail colored and the rest of the bird being white. Schietti’s are non-pied.
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Average body height of the Modena pigeon is about 24 cm, and their mature body weight is about 350 grams. Photo and info from RightPet and Wikipedia.

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