The Tiense Vechter, French: Combattant de Tirlemont, is a critically-endangered Belgian breed of gamecock.
It named for its area of origin, that around the city of Tienen in Flemish Brabant, in eastern central Belgium.
[1]: 47 [3] In the later part of that century, in the area of Liège, in Wallonia in eastern central Belgium, efforts were made to improve the fighting capabilities of the Brugse Vechter by cross-breeding with fighting birds of Oriental origin, which gave rise to the Luikse Vechter.
Unlike both the other fighting breeds, it has no dark pigmentation of the face, skin and legs, which are all pale.
[4] In addition to the seventeen plumage colours recognised for the Brugse Vechter, there are four others, including cuckoo, which is the pattern most commonly seen.