Fork-Tailed
The Fork-tailed pigeon is a fancy domestic pigeon label used for birds selected around a divided or swallow-like tail impression. Documentation is thin compared with major European standards, so the safest reading is as a named tail-type or local variety within Columba livia rather than a broad performance breed. Its identity rests on the way the tail is carried and shaped, with ordinary pigeon colors possible behind that defining feature.
Keepers should evaluate Fork-tailed birds by soundness first, because unusual tail form is only useful when the bird can perch, mate, fly short distances, and rear squabs normally. Clean loft floors, open perches, and uncrowded nest areas help prevent broken tail feathers. Buyers should ask for parent photos and the standard or club tradition being followed, since similar descriptive names can be applied differently in small pigeon circles.
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
