Pigeon color
White
White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.
105 Pigeon breeds list White. It is in a club standard for 99 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 1 breed.
Breeds whose standards accept White
| Breed | NPA | BDRG | EE | RPRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Owl pigeon | Standard (“white; grizzle; almond”) | Standard (“Weiß; Schwarz-gescheckt; Andalusierfarbig-gescheckt; Dun-gescheckt; Braun-gescheckt; Khaki-gescheckt; Rot-gescheckt; Gelb-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Brunner Pouter | Standard (“Selfs in white, red, yellow, black, dun, andalusian, brown, khaki, lavender”) | Standard (“Weiß; Blau-schimmel mit Binden; Blaufahl-schimmel mit Binden; Rotfahl-schimmel mit Binden; Gelbfahl-schimmel mit Binden; Schwarz-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carneau pigeon | Standard (“WHITE CLASSES”) | Standard (“Weiß; Rot mit Flügelrose mit weißem Unterrücken; Rot mit Flügelrose; Rot mit weißem Unterrücken”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Fantail | Standard (“White; Almond; Grizzle; Saddle; Tailmark; Bodymark; Mismarked; Splash”) | Standard (“Weiß; Schwarz-schildig; Rezessiv Rot-schildig; Rezessiv Gelb-schildig; Blau-schildig ohne Binden; Blau-schildig mit Binden; Blau-gehämmert-schildig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailWhite | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“Weiß”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailAlmond | Standard (“Almond”) | Standard (“Vielfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailSplash | Standard (“Splash”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailRed Agate | No ruling | Standard (“Agate Rot; Rezessiv Rot-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Agate | No ruling | Standard (“Agate Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBar Grizzle | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-schimmel mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailSilver Bar Grizzle | No ruling | Standard (“Blaufahl-schimmel mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Barless Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-getigert ohne Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Bar Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-getigert mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlack Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz-gescheckt; Weißschwänze Schwarz”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Barless Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-gescheckt ohne Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Bar Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-gescheckt mit Binden; Weißschwänze Blau mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailRed Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Spiegelschwänze Rot; Weißschwänze Rezessiv Rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Spiegelschwänze Gelb; Weißschwänze Rezessiv Gelb”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlack Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz-schildig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailRed Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Rot-schildig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb-schildig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Barless Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-schildig ohne Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Bar Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-schildig mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Check Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-gehämmert-schildig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailSilver Barless Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Blaufahl-schildig ohne Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailSilver Bar Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Blaufahl-schildig mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailSilver Check Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Blaufahl-gehämmert-schildig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailAsh Red Bar Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Rotfahl-schildig mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailAsh Yellow Bar Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Gelbfahl-schildig mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlack Tailmark | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz-schwänzig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailRed Tailmark | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Rot-schwänzig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Tailmark | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb-schwänzig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Tailmark | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-schwänzig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailAndalusian White Tail | No ruling | Standard (“Weißschwänze Andalusierfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English FantailBlue Check White Tail | No ruling | Standard (“Weißschwänze Blau-gehämmert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Pouter | Standard (“white self; Blue; black; red; yellow; blue check; black check; silver; dun”) | Standard (“Weiß; Schwarz-geherzt; Dunkel-geherzt; Blau-geherzt mit Binden; Blaufahl-geherzt mit Binden; Dominant Rot-geherzt; Dominant Gelb-geherzt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Tumbler | Standard (“Baldhead, Beard, Badge, Saddle, Mottle, Rosewing and Whiteside in a variety of colors; MOTTLES; BEARDS”) | Standard (“Weiß; Weiß belatscht; Blau-schimmel mit Binden; Rot-schimmel; Gelb-schimmel; Vielfarbig; Almond; Agate Rot; Rot-dunkelgetigert; Rosettentiger Rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Frillback pigeon | Standard (“SELF: White, Black, Recessive Red and Yellow.; GRIZZLE: Red, Yellow, Blue, Silver.; SADDLE”) | Standard (“Weiß; Weiß mit Rundhaube; Schwarz-schildig; Schwarz-schildig mit Rundhaube; Rot-schildig; Rot-schildig mit Rundhaube”) | Standard (“Weiß; Schwarz-schildig; Rot-schildig; Gelb-schildig”) | No ruling |
| Frillback pigeonColored | Standard (“SELF: White, Black, Recessive Red and Yellow.; GRIZZLE: Red, Yellow, Blue, Silver.; SADDLE”) | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz; Rezessiv Rot; Rezessiv Gelb; Blau-schimmel; Rot-schimmel; Gelb-schimmel”) | No ruling |
| Frillback pigeonWhite | Standard (“SELF: White, Black, Recessive Red and Yellow.”) | No ruling | Standard (“Weiß”) | No ruling |
| Giant Homer | Standard (“WHITE; CLASSIC GRIZZLE; TIGER GRIZZLE; ALMOND; PIED/SPLASH”) | Standard (“Weiß; Blau-gescheckt mit Binden; Blau-gescheckt ohne Binden; Blau-gehämmert-gescheckt; Blau-dunkelgehämmert-gescheckt; Dunkel-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Indian Fantail | Standard (“White; Grizzle; Almond; Bodymark; Saddle; Tailmark; Ribbintail; Splash”) | Standard (“Weiß; Schwarz-schwänzig; Rezessiv Rot-schwänzig; Rezessiv Gelb-schwänzig; Blau-schwänzig; Schwarz-schildig; Dun-schildig; Rezessiv Rot-schildig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeon | Standard (“Whites; Blacks; Reds; Yellow; Blue; The silver”) | Standard (“Einfarbig Weiß; Schwarz; Rot; Gelb; Blau mit Binden; Blau ohne Binden; Blaufahl mit Binden; Rotfahl mit Binden; Gelbfahl mit Binden; Schwarz-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonBlack | Standard (“Blacks”) | Standard (“Schwarz”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonRed | Standard (“Reds”) | Standard (“Rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonYellow | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Gelb”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonWhite | Standard (“Whites”) | Standard (“Einfarbig Weiß”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonBlue | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“Blau mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonSilver | Standard (“Silver”) | Standard (“Blaufahl mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonSilver Brown Bar | Standard (“The silver”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonBlue Barless | No ruling | Standard (“Blau ohne Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonAsh Red Bar | No ruling | Standard (“Rotfahl mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonAsh Yellow Bar | No ruling | Standard (“Gelbfahl mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonRed Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Rot-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonYellow Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Gelb-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonBeak | Standard (“Beak, white or flesh color in all colors.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeon | Standard (“WHITE KING; Bar (Barred Grizzle); Check (Tortoiseshell); Spread (Mottled)”) | Standard (“Weiß; Vielfarbig; Agate Rot; Rezessiv Rot-getigert; Agate Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert; Schwarz-getigert; Blau-getigert mit Binden; Schwarz-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonWhite | Standard (“WHITE KING”) | Standard (“Weiß”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonBar Grizzle | Standard (“Bar (Barred Grizzle)”) | Standard (“Blau-schimmel mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonCheck Grizzle | Standard (“Check (Tortoiseshell)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonMottled | Standard (“Spread (Mottled)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonAlmond | No ruling | Standard (“Vielfarbig”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonRed Agate | No ruling | Standard (“Agate Rot; Rezessiv Rot-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonYellow Agate | No ruling | Standard (“Agate Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonBlack Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonBlue Bar Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-getigert mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonBlack Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Schwarz-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonRed Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Rot-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonYellow Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonBlue Bar Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Blau-gescheckt mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| King pigeonSilver Bar Grizzle | No ruling | Standard (“Blaufahl-schimmel mit Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Modena pigeon | Standard (“The color descriptions apply to both Schietti and Gazzi, with the exception of the white on the Gazzi body.; BAR-PATTERNED GRIZZLE”) | Standard (“Gazzi Blau mit bronze Binden; Gazzi Blau-bronzegehämmert; Gazzi Dunkel-bronzeschildig-gehämmert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Modena pigeonGazzi | Standard (“The color descriptions apply to both Schietti and Gazzi, with the exception of the white on the Gazzi body.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Modena pigeonSchietti | Standard (“The color descriptions apply to both Schietti and Gazzi, with the exception of the white on the Gazzi body.”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Modena pigeonMagnani | Standard (“MAGNANI”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mondain pigeon | Standard (“White - Must have bull eye.”) | Standard (“Weiß; Blau-schimmel mit Binden; Rotfahl-schimmel mit Binden; Gelbfahl-schimmel mit Binden; Schwarz-getigert; Rot-getigert; Gelb-getigert”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeon | Standard (“Black; Red; Yellow; Blue; Black, brown, red, yellow, blue, silver, khaki, ash red, and ash yellow.; Ash red spread”) | Standard (“Schwarz; Silber; Braun; Rot; Gelb; Blau”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Schwarz”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonRed | Standard (“Red”) | Standard (“Rot”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonYellow | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Gelb”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonBlue | Standard (“Blue”) | Standard (“Blau”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonAsh Red Spread | Standard (“Ash red spread”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonSilver | No ruling | Standard (“Silber”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonBrown | No ruling | Standard (“Braun”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Old German Owl | Standard (“Self: White and Recessive Red only.; Tail Marks: In any of the above colors.; Shield Mark: The body color is pure White.”) | Standard (“Blau-schildig ohne Binden; Blau-schildig mit Binden; Blau-schildig mit weißen Binden; Hellblau-schildig mit weißen Binden; Blau-gehämmert-schildig”) | Standard (“Einfarbig Weiß; Schwarz-schwänzig; Blau-schwänzig; Rot-schwänzig; Gelb-schwänzig”) | No ruling |
| Oriental Frill | Standard (“SATINETTE BLUE LACED; BRUNETTES; SULPHURETTES; BLUETTES; SILVERETTES; BLACK, DUN, RED, & YELLOW LACED; VIZORS; DOMINOES; TURBITEENS; BLUE LACED”) | Standard (“Turbiteenmövchen; Dominomövchen; Satinetten Rot mit weißen Binden; Vizor Rot mit weißen Binden”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillTurbiteen | No ruling | Standard (“Turbiteenmövchen”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillDomino | No ruling | Standard (“Dominomövchen”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillBeak | Standard (“upper mandible black in blacks and black checkers, horn color in others, lower mandible white”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Roller | Standard (“White; Grizzle; Classic Almond”) | Standard (“Weiß; Weiß-blaugezeichnet; Weiß-dungezeichnet; Weiß-rotgezeichnet; Weiß-gelbgezeichnet; Blau-schimmel mit Binden; Weißschläge Schwarz; Weißschläge Dun”) | Standard (“Schwarz; Dun; Rot; Gelb; Weiß; Blau-schimmel mit Binden; Weißschläge; Weiß-blaugezeichnet; Weiß-dungezeichnet; Weiß-rotgezeichnet; Weiß-gelbgezeichnet”) | No ruling |
| Parlor Roller | Standard (“black, red, yellow, dun, white”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pygmy Pouter | Standard (“white; Blue Bar; Silver Bar; Brown Bar; Khaki Bar; Mealy Bar; Cream Bar; Black; Dun; Brown; Khaki; Red (ash); Yellow (ash)”) | Standard (“Weiß; Schwarz-geherzt; Dunkel-geherzt; Blau-geherzt mit Binden; Blaufahl-geherzt mit Binden; Dominant Rot-geherzt; Dominant Gelb-geherzt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Racing Homer | Standard (“White; Pied Splashed; Grizzled Spangled; Mottle Tortoise; Saddled”) | No ruling | No ruling | Alternate (“blue pied”) |
| Runt pigeon | Standard (“WHITE; BLUE GRIZZLE; SILVER GRIZZLE”) | Standard (“Weiß; Braunfahl-schimmel mit Binden; Schwarz-gescheckt; Blau-gescheckt mit Binden; Rot-gescheckt; Gelb-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Show Racer | Standard (“Grizzle; Splash or Pied; Mismark”) | Standard (“Weiß; Blau-gescheckt ohne Binden; Blau-gescheckt mit Binden; Blau-gehämmert-gescheckt; Blau-dunkelgehämmert-gescheckt; Blau-dunkel-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tippler | Standard (“Chuck; Mottle; Tipplers are permitted to be any color, pattern or marking”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Trumpeter pigeon | Standard (“White; splash; White side; mottle; Baldhead; Almond; light black splash; dark black splash”) | Standard (“Schwarz-getigert; Schwarz-gescheckt”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where White is a fault
| Breed | NPA |
|---|---|
| Frillback pigeonBeak | Fault (“white or light colored beak”) |
Breeds where White is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | NPA |
|---|---|
| TipplerBeak | Disqualifying (“Any bird with a white beak”) |
| Birmingham Roller | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonDun | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillBlondinette | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillSatinette | No ruling |