Pattern

Pigeons can have 4 different wing patterns: bar, barless, check, or t-check.

Bar is considered "wild type," because it was the pattern in the wild ancestor to domestic pigeons. The other patterns are due to natural genetic variations, which were selected and propagated by breeders. Barless is the rarest wing pattern, available in just a small number of breeds.

The birds pictured on the right are all colored blue, but each has a different wing pattern.

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