Haskow Colour-Head Tumbler
The Haskow Colour-Head Tumbler is a Bulgarian tumbler breed associated with Haskovo, often connected with the Karabash name in European breed lists. Its identifying feature is the colored head, set on a tumbler-type domestic pigeon. It belongs to the southeastern European tumbler tradition, where local markings, flight history, and regional names may all shape the standard.
Care should protect the head marking while keeping the bird active and sound. Exhibition breeders look for clean color boundaries, correct head and beak shape, body balance, eye, and feather condition. If a family is flown, young birds need gradual settling and selection for safe orientation. Because transliteration varies between Haskow, Haskovo, and local names, buyers should compare photographs and ask for the standard used by the breeder before assuming two similarly marked pigeons are equivalent.
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
