Origin: South Thuringia

Overall Impression: The same as the clean legged field pigeon; only it is more elegant and elongated.

Head: Oval, slightly rounded; plain headed or crested.

Eyes: Dark, with small red eye ceres.

Beak: Long; upper beak on blacks and blues is black, on silvers light horn colored and the lower beak is flesh colored; on reds, yellows, and other light color varieties the upper beaks are flesh colored.

Neck: Medium in length, thin where the head blends into the neck; throat well curved (no gullet).

Beast: Somewhat broad, moderately rounded.

Back: Long, slightly sloping.

Tail: Proportionately long and small.

Legs: Somewhat short, clean legged, toenail color not important.

Feathering: Long feathered, not too soft, tight fitting.

Colors: Black, red, yellow, blue and silver barless, blue and silver barred, blue and silver check; also red, yellow, black and blue with white bars and spangled; ash red and cream bar and ash red and cream check.

Color and Markings: Colors completely pure and intense; only the wings (with the exception of the feathers on the shoulders) and the spot are colored, the remaining feathers are white. The white feathers of the shoulders shall form a broad heart, so that the colored feathers appear suitably small and long. The tips of the primary flights of the blues and silvers and their related patterns must be dark, the spot must completely touch the wattle but not touch the corner of the mouth or the eye cere. It should be berry shaped. Color under the wings and a closed heart marking are required. The color under the wings of the white barred and spangled varieties is not important.

Orfder of Evaluation: Overall impression - shape (length) - size - color - markings - beak - eye color.