Budapest Short-Faced Tumbler
The Budapest Short-Faced Tumbler is one of the best known Hungarian short-faced fancy pigeons, bred from domestic pigeon stock rather than a separate wild species. Its identity centers on a very short beak, rounded head, alert expression, and compact body, traits that set it apart from longer-faced flying tumblers. Many lines are kept primarily for exhibition, where symmetry, eye and beak placement, clean feathering, stance, and color quality matter as much as the old tumbler name.
Care is closer to specialized fancy-pigeon management than to ordinary utility pigeon keeping. Extremely short-faced birds may have trouble feeding squabs, so some lofts use foster parents from longer-beaked breeds or give close support during the first days after hatching. Feed and water containers should be easy for short-beaked birds to use, and overcrowding can damage the head and eye area that breeders work hard to preserve. Prospective keepers should buy from breeders who select for vigor and fertility as well as the dramatic face.
Colors: Almond, Ash Red, Bar, Barless, Black, Blue, Brown, Checker, Dilute, Dun, Grizzle, Indigo, Mottle, Opal, Pied, Recessive Red, Red, Silver, Splash, Spread, White, Yellow
