Tiroler Bergschaf

The Tiroler Bergschaf or Pecora Alpina Tirolese is a breed of domestic sheep from the mountainous Tyrol area of Austria and Italy.

It is raised throughout Austria[3] and in the autonomous province of Bolzano in Italy.

[2]: 288  It results from cross-breeding between the Tiroler Steinschaf of the Tyrol with the Italian Bergamasca breed from the area of Bergamo.

[4]: 78  This is variously reported as having taken place in the first half of the 19th century[3] and after the Second World War.

[2]: 288 The Tiroler Bergschaf is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.

Ewe with twin lambs in Achenkirch am Achensee , in Tyrol in Austria