Pigeon sport
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There are at least four main types of competitive pigeon sport:
  • Pigeon racing
    Pigeon racing
    Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained racing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance...

  • Tumbling
    Tumbler (pigeon)
    Tumbler pigeons are varieties of domesticated pigeons descendant from the Rock Dove that have been selected for their ability to tumble or roll over backwards in flight....

  • Highflying
  • Tippler
    Tippler
    A Tippler is a breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions. Flying results of up to 22 hours have been reported .-Origin:...

     (Endurance)


Though not quite a sport, fancy breeds of pigeons are also bred to standards
Breed standard
A breed standard in animal fancy and animal husbandry is a set of guidelines which is used to ensure that the animals produced by a breeder or breeding facility conform to the specifics of the breed....

 and judged in a competitive fashion. Levi in his book The Pigeon describes all aspects of pigeon keeping
Pigeon keeping
Pigeon keeping is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. People have practiced pigeon keeping for about 10,000 years in almost every part of the world...

. For exhibition purposes sport pigeons are sometimes grouped as Flying/Sporting Pigeons
Flying/Sporting Pigeons
Flying/Sporting is the name of one of three main groupings of breeds of domesticated pigeons used by pigeon fanciers in the United States. The other two are Fancy and Utility....

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