Ice pigeon

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Ice pigeon

Conservation status	Common
Country of origin	Germany
Classification
US Breed Group	Fancy
Pigeon Columba livia

The Ice pigeon (Polish: Lazurek; German: Eistaube) is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.^[1] Ice pigeons, along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons, are all descendants from the rock pigeon (Columba livia).

In 1846, Charles Darwin is known to have crossbred the Ice pigeon in order to ascertain colour patterns.^[2] This work came just three years before his groundbreaking publication, On the Origin of Species.