Origin
This breed of pigeon was developed through selective
breeding in Australia from originally imported Tumbler Pigeon stocks.[1] The
APT has been a popular flying variety in the past due to the spinning/rolling
action typical of the Tumbler varieties. Wendell Levi discusses the tumbling
performance and several early Tumbler breeds in his book The Pigeon.[2] Earlier
versions of the APT were quite good little performers in the air. Nowadays
however the breed is maintained mainly for exhibition purposes having first
been developed for the show pen in the State of New South Wales. The APT is a
very popular show variety in the Australian States of New South Wales and
Queensland, where the largest number of breeders of this variety can be found.
A show standard was adopted by the Australian National Pigeon Association in
1991 and has now been upgraded further thanks largely to the efforts of Mr Max
Van Geet and Mr Vaughan Kelly
Description
The APT is medium faced, pearl eyed, clean legged and quite
reminiscent of the old style English Long Faced Tumbler as seen in Levis book.
With its nicely rounded head, short cobby body and its available selection of
classic tumbler colors such as recessive red, kite and almond, the APT is an
attractive specimen to see in the show pens. A quiet variety that is able to be
used as a foster parent for other breeds increases the APT's usefulness.
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