Mookee

The Mookee Pigeon, Indian Mookee Pigeon, Indian Trembler, or simply just Mookee is a breed of fancy pigeon created through selective breeding and originating in India. It is recognised as being part of the Tumblers and Highflyers breed group (EE0800 or N/L0820) by the European Standard Committee for Pigeons. It is recognised under the Flyers breed group by the US National Pigeon Association. Mookee pigeons are characterised by erect 'S'-like posture, where the neck is thick and long and the breast is arched outwards. Mookee pigeons walk with their chest pressed outwards and leading them. The plumage varies between individuals and many colours exist, such as blacks, blues, duns (a deep grey-brown), yellows and ash reds. The colouration can be exhibited in multiple areas on the pigeon's body depending on the individual. Some individuals have fully coloured bodies, while others have colour localised totally to the neck, where the body possesses the more typical grey with coloured variants of the bar-winged plumage of rock and hill doves. The head of the mookee is notably white, with a clear demarcation made between it and the colours of the neck plumage beneath the lower eye rim. The beak is proportional to the head and usually a pale pink colour with some accepted variation. The feathers on the neck of the mookee often form manes of varying refinement. Some mookees may have more developed manes than others dependent on their pedigrees. The mookee typically has twelve tail feathers that are held closely together in posture and form a narrow tail.