Oriental Frill

Oriental Frill/Blondinette
	Oriental Frill (Blondinette)
Conservation status	Common
Country of origin	Turkey
Classification
Australian Breed Group	Group 3
US Breed Group	Fancy
EE Breed Group	Frill and Owl Pigeons
	Pigeon; Columba livia;

The Oriental Frill is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding.^[1] It is originally a Turkish pigeon breed specially bred for the Ottoman Sultans in the Manisa Palace, Turkey. Manisa is an old Ottoman city in western Turkey. It is called Hünkari: the bird of the Sultans in its homeland. The variety is divided into several variations in color and markings with Blondinettes and Satinettes being the most common.^[2]