The average length of the male was about 16½ inches. The female was about an inch shorter. The head and upper parts of the male pigeon were a clear bluish gray with black streaks on the scapulars and ...

Pigeons don't have a stellar reputation, particularly when it comes to their nests, but there may be a method to their ...

Homing pigeons – a type of domestic pigeon descended from the rock pigeon ... as far as feeding the youngsters “milk”: both male and female pigeons produce a high fat and protein secretion ...

Adult female: like male, but iridescence on neck and breast more restricted and subdued. Juvenile: generally browner, lacks iridescence; orbital skin and feet gray. The rock pigeon was introduced ...

The passenger pigeon was once the most numerous bird in the world. In the mid-1800s, billions of these birds were flying over the forests of eastern North America. Yet in just half a century, they’d ...

The large, heavily built gray pigeon frequents the forests and woodlands ... show as a broad wing stripe when in flight. Adult male: gray on the head, and breast tinged pinkish; narrow white ...