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The Danish Tumbler is a breed of fancy pigeon. Danish Tumblers, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the rock pigeon.
The standard of the Danish Tumbler:Figure:Elegant, slender and rather strong with highly carried, full breast;The neck: comparatively long. The throat well undercut;The uppermost part of the neck slender and thin, evenly growing in thickness down towards breast and back;The back: suitably broad-shouldered, in parade position sloping down towards the narrow, not too long tail;The wings shall be fit closely to the body, rest upon the tail and almost reach the tip of the tail without crossing each other;The tail shall consist of 12 feathers, be narrow and tight fitting and must not reach the floor in parade position;The legs shall be red, comparatively long, not coarse, not too close, slightly bent in the heel. The lower legs shall be comparatively long;The plumage shall be thick and firm; the wing feathers strong;
The form of the head seen from the side, shall shape a regular evenly curved line, which without breaking or contraction at the root of the beak passes into the strongly set, slightly downwards turned, cone shaped beak;The front of the head must not be too short; the back of the head shall be shortly rounded;The head in front view, shall be wedge-shaped, without edges and contractions and evenly curved to the sides.
The beak: the upper mandible as well as the lower mandible shall be strongly set, evenly falling off in thickness from root to tip;Too strongly pronounced "hook" not desirable. The line through the corner of the mouth shall have direction towards the center of the eye;The color of the beak shall be bright, lightly rose pink and without "grain". For blacks and blues, however, a not too strongly pronounced "grain" on the upper mandible is allowed;The beak warts shall be prettily reddish-white and not coarse.