Pigeon color
Yellow
Yellow: the yellow Labrador (cream to fox red), yellow canaries and budgies, yellow poultry skin, legs and beaks, and yellow eyes.
60 Pigeon breeds list Yellow. It is in a club standard for 54 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 2 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Yellow
| Breed | NPA | BDRG | EE |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Owl pigeon | Standard (“yellow; almond; cream”) | Standard (“Gelb; Gelb-gescheckt; Gelbfahl mit Binden; Gelbfahl-gehämmert; Gelbfahl-gescheckt mit Binden; Gelbfahl-gehämmert-gescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Brunner Pouter | Standard (“Selfs in white, red, yellow, black, dun, andalusian, brown, khaki, lavender; blue, silver, ash red and yellow, brown and khaki barred or checkered”) | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert; Rezessiv Gelb-gestorcht; Rezessiv Gelb mit weißen Binden; Rezessiv Gelb-geherzt; Rezessiv Gelb-geganselt”) | No ruling |
| Carneau pigeon | Standard (“YELLOW CLASSES”) | Standard (“Gelb; Gelb mit Flügelrose mit weißem Unterrücken; Gelb mit Flügelrose; Gelb mit weißem Unterrücken”) | No ruling |
| English Fantail | Standard (“Yellow; Almond; Grizzle; Saddle; Tailmark; Bodymark; Mismarked”) | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb; Vielfarbig; Agate Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert; Spiegelschwänze Gelb; Weißschwänze Rezessiv Gelb; Gelbfahl mit Binden; DeRoy”) | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb”) | No ruling |
| English FantailAlmond | Standard (“Almond”) | Standard (“Vielfarbig”) | No ruling |
| English FantailAsh Yellow Bar | No ruling | Standard (“Gelbfahl mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| English FantailDeRoy | No ruling | Standard (“DeRoy”) | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Agate | No ruling | Standard (“Agate Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert”) | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Spiegelschwänze Gelb; Weißschwänze Rezessiv Gelb”) | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb-schildig”) | No ruling |
| English FantailAsh Yellow Bar Shield | No ruling | Standard (“Gelbfahl-schildig mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| English FantailYellow Tailmark | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb-schwänzig”) | No ruling |
| English FantailEyes | Standard (“Pearl eyes or yellow to orange-red eyes for all other colors.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Pouter | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“Dominant Gelb-geherzt; Gelbfahl-geherzt mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| English Tumbler | Standard (“ALMONDS; Self: (solid color) in Black, White, Splash, Recessive Red and their dilutes”) | Standard (“Gelb; Gelb belatscht; Gelb-schimmel; Vielfarbig; Almond; Agate Gelb; Gelb-dunkelgetigert; Rosettentiger Gelb”) | No ruling |
| Frillback pigeon | Standard (“SELF: White, Black, Recessive Red and Yellow.; GRIZZLE: Red, Yellow, Blue, Silver.; SADDLE”) | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb; Gelb-schimmel; Gelb-schildig; Gelb-schildig mit Rundhaube; Gelbfahl-schildig mit Binden; Gelbfahl-schildig mit Binden mit Rundhaube”) | Standard (“Schwarz; Rezessiv Rot; Rezessiv Gelb; Blau-schimmel; Rot-schimmel; Gelb-schimmel; Schwarz-schildig; Rot-schildig; Gelb-schildig”) |
| 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”) |
| Giant Homer | Standard (“ALMOND; DILUTE; RECESSIVE RED OR YELLOW”) | Standard (“Gelb; Dominant Gelb; Gelb-gescheckt; Dominant Gelb-gescheckt; Gelb-getigert; Agate Gelb; Dominant Gelb-getigert; Vielfarbig; Gelbfahl mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| Indian Fantail | Standard (“Recessive yellow; Almond; Ash red in: Barred and check, intense and dilute; Bodymark; Saddle; Tailmark; Ribbintail”) | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb; Vielfarbig; Agate Gelb; Spiegelschwänze Gelb; Weißschwänze Rezessiv Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-gescheckt; DeRoy; Rezessiv Gelb-schwänzig”) | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeon | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Gelb; Gelb-getigert; Gelbfahl mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonYellow | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Gelb”) | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonAsh Yellow Bar | No ruling | Standard (“Gelbfahl mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| Jacobin pigeonYellow Mottled | No ruling | Standard (“Gelb-getigert”) | No ruling |
| King pigeon | Standard (“YELLOW KING (DILUTE OF RED); ASH YELLOW BAR KING (DILUTE OF ASH RED)”) | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb; Dominant Gelb; Vielfarbig; Agate Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert; Rezessiv Gelb-gescheckt; Gelbfahl mit Binden; Gelbfahl-gehämmert”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonYellow | Standard (“YELLOW KING (DILUTE OF RED)”) | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonAsh Yellow Bar | Standard (“ASH YELLOW BAR KING (DILUTE OF ASH RED)”) | Standard (“Gelbfahl mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonAsh Yellow Check | No ruling | Standard (“Gelbfahl-gehämmert”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonAsh Yellow Dark Check | No ruling | Standard (“Gelbfahl-dunkelgehämmert”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonAsh Yellow Spread | No ruling | Standard (“Dominant Gelb”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonAlmond | No ruling | Standard (“Vielfarbig”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonDeRoy | No ruling | Standard (“DeRoy”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonYellow Agate | No ruling | Standard (“Agate Gelb; Rezessiv Gelb-getigert”) | No ruling |
| King pigeonYellow Pied | No ruling | Standard (“Rezessiv Gelb-gescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Modena pigeon | Standard (“YELLOW; MAGNANI; The color descriptions apply to both Schietti and Gazzi, with the exception of the white on the Gazzi body.; CREAM; YELLOW CHECKED”) | Standard (“Schietti Dominant Gelb; Schietti Rezessiv Gelb-hellschildig-gesäumt; Schietti Rezessiv Gelb; Schietti Rezessiv Gelb-getigert”) | 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 |
| 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 |
| Modena pigeonMagnani | Standard (“MAGNANI”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mondain pigeon | Standard (“Yellow - Spread in Recessive, Bar or Check in Dominant.”) | Standard (“Gelb; Gelb-getigert; Gelb-gescheckt; Gelbfahl mit Binden; Gelbfahl-gehämmert; Gelbfahl-schimmel mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| Nun pigeon | Standard (“Yellow; Black, brown, red, yellow, blue, silver, khaki, ash red, and ash yellow.”) | Standard (“Gelb”) | No ruling |
| Nun pigeonYellow | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Gelb”) | No ruling |
| Old German Owl | Standard (“Patterns in Bar, Check & T-Pattern. Colors include blue, Silver, Brown, Khaki, Ash Red, and Ash Yellow.”) | Standard (“Gelb-schildig; Gelbfahl-gehämmert-schildig; Gelb-gesäumt-schildig; Gelbfahl-schildig mit Binden; Gelb-schwänzig”) | Standard (“Schwarz-schwänzig; Blau-schwänzig; Rot-schwänzig; Gelb-schwänzig; Schwarz-schildig; Dun-schildig; Rot-schildig; Gelb-schildig; Aschfahl-schildig”) |
| Oriental Frill | Standard (“YELLOW LACED; BLACK, DUN, RED, & YELLOW LACED; TURBITEENS”) | Standard (“Blondinetten Gelb mit weißen Binden; Blondinetten Gelb-geschuppt; Blondinetten Gelb-gesäumt; Turbiteenmövchen; Dominomövchen”) | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillTurbiteen | No ruling | Standard (“Turbiteenmövchen”) | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillDomino | No ruling | Standard (“Dominomövchen”) | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillEyes | Standard (“yellow gravel”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Oriental Roller | Standard (“Yellow; Classic Almond; Cream; Deroy”) | Standard (“Gelb; Dominant Gelb; Weißschläge Gelb; Vielfarbig; Agate Gelb; Gelbfahl mit Binden; Gelbfahl-gehämmert; Gelbfahl-dunkelgehämmert; DeRoy”) | Standard (“Dominant Gelb; Vielfarbig; DeRoy; Schwarz; Dun; Rot; Gelb; Weiß; Gelbfahl mit Binden; Gelbfahl-gehämmert; Gelbfahl-dunkelgehämmert”) |
| Parlor Roller | Standard (“black, red, yellow, dun, white”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pygmy Pouter | Standard (“Yellow (ash); Cream Bar”) | Standard (“Dominant Gelb-geherzt; Gelbfahl-geherzt mit Binden”) | No ruling |
| Racing Homer | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Runt pigeon | Standard (“YELLOW”) | Standard (“Gelb; Gelb-gescheckt”) | No ruling |
| Show Racer | No ruling | Standard (“Dominant Gelb; Dominant Gelb-gescheckt; Gelbfahl ohne Binden; Gelbfahl mit Binden; Gelbfahl-gehämmert; Gelbfahl-dunkelgehämmert”) | No ruling |
| Tippler | Standard (“Tipplers are permitted to be any color, pattern or marking”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Trumpeter pigeon | Standard (“Yellow; Almond; cream”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Yellow is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | NPA |
|---|---|
| English TumblerEyes | Disqualifying (“Bull, yellow or orange eyes”) |
| TipplerEyes | Disqualifying (“Yellow eyes”) |
| Birmingham Roller | No ruling |
| Birmingham RollerEyes | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillBlondinette | No ruling |
| Oriental FrillSatinette | No ruling |