Origin: Austria, primarily in and around the city of Vienna.

General Impressions: Small, short neck, with a wide breast, distinctive shield.

Head: Small, round, without a flat spot.

Eyes: Pearl eye, iris with a silvery or light blue tinge. Wide refined eye ceres. Yellows and reds have red ceres, blacks and duns damson colored, and browns flesh colored.

Beak: Short, somewhat longer than that of the Vienna short face tumbler, but still not medium long. The beak should be wide at the base, and boxlike or "knobby" in appearance. Yellows and reds flesh colored, black for blacks, and horn colored for browns.

Neck: Short and thick at the base.

Breast: Broad or wide, rounded and well developed.

Back: Short, slight taper downward.

Wings: Closed and tight fitting, carried above the tail.

Tail: Medium length containing 12 feathers. The tail should not appear to be forked or split.

Legs: Short, black toenails on blacks. All other colors should be light or flesh colored.

Plumage: Smooth, glossy and tight fitting.

Colors: Black, dun, red, yellow, brown, and khaki. Any other standard color that can be produced by selective breeding will be accepted.

Color Markings: Area from shield on the wings and back, until the start of the tail is to be white in color. The rest of the plumage, as well as the primaries are to be colored.

Order of Importance: General impression - Size and type - Head and beak - Markings - Eyes - Color of eye cere - Color.