Barb pigeon

Barb
	Black Self Barb Pigeon
Conservation status	Common
Classification
US Breed Group	Fancy
Notes
	A very old breed of domesticated pigeon which was extant in Shakespeare's day.
	Pigeon; Columba livia;

The Barb (also called the English Barb) is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.^[1] Barbs, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the rock pigeon (a livia). This breed was referred to by Shakespeare.^[2] It was also referred to with an illustration in Charles Darwin's Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication.

References[]

^ Levi, Wendell (1977). The Pigeon. Sumter, S.C.: Levi Publishing Co, Inc. ISBN 0-85390-013-2.
^ Seymour, Rev. Colin (Ed)(2006) Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards.

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[Levi-1] Levi, Wendell (1977). The Pigeon. Sumter, S.C.: Levi Publishing Co, Inc. ISBN 0-85390-013-2.

[2] Seymour, Rev. Colin (Ed)(2006) Australian Fancy Pigeons National Book of Standards.

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