Catalan Head and Neck Tumbler
The Catalan Head and Neck tumbler is a Spanish domestic pigeon associated with Catalonia, where tumbler and flying pigeons have long been kept in local varieties. Its English name is usually understood as a head-and-neck marked tumbler, with the main color concentrated on the head and neck while much of the body is lighter or white, though exact markings and accepted colors depend on the standard used. It is grouped with tumblers: small to medium, lively, and bred around aerial somersaults as well as a recognizable Catalan type.
For keepers, the challenge is to avoid treating it as only a color pigeon. A good family should show enough wing strength and steadiness for safe tumbling, then be matched for clean head-and-neck markings, body balance, and feather quality. Young birds are normally flown in a predictable routine and not pushed during molt or bad weather. Outside Spain, names can be translated differently, so buyers benefit from photographs of the parents, a description of the marking standard, and, when possible, seeing related birds fly.
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
