Male and female rock pigeons are generally similar, both bluish-grey on the head, neck and breast with green and purple iridescence on the neck, but the female tends to show less iridescence than the male.
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White black-beak (WBB) is a Saudi native pigeon population with white plumage and a black beak; together with Spotted black-beak, it forms a nearly indistinguishable genetic cluster close to the Carrier breed.
White white-beak (WWB) is a Saudi native pigeon population, the most genetically distinct of those studied; it showed good breast-muscle yield but the lowest egg-quality values.
Egypt has native pigeon breeds that do not belong to the feral pigeon, including eight breeds with strong homing and flying ability that are used in a very popular flying game: Asfer Weraq, Austoraly, Reehani, Messawed, Otatti, Morasla, Halaby Asfer and Karakandy; and two ornamental and show breeds: Nemssawy and Tumbler.
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