While the fancy pigeons have had the ‘homing instinct ... There are well over 200 breeds of pigeon… then there are the wild ones that sit on the statues, which people are mainly aware ...

The bizarre, beautiful and, at times, almost comical diversity of "fancy pigeons" is ... "I think each pigeon is unique." The names given to these breeds are often as fanciful as their appearance.

Oklahoma City hosted the nation’s largest pigeon show at the OKC Fairgrounds ... wrapped up on Saturday and featured more than 200 breeds of fancy exhibition pigeons, with pigeon enthusiasts ...