| English Short-faced Tumbler | |
| Status: | Common |
| Also Known As: | English Short-face Tumbler[1] |
| Country: | England |
| Usgroup: | Tumblers, rollers and high flyers |
| Eegroup: | Tumbler and highflyer |
| 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. |
The English Short-faced Tumbler[2] is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.[3] 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 [4] 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).[5]