Pigeon milk consists of fat-and protein-rich yellow curds that detach from a pouch inside the bird’s neck. But wait until you ...

The young mourning dove does not have the black spot on its neck. The iris of the young passenger pigeon was a hazel color. The range of the passenger pigeon in its migrations was from central Ontario ...

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

But they are actually docile and kind creatures, as this video of a pigeon taking care of a pregnant house cat clearly shows.

You've probably heard of invasive plants, but what about invasive birds? These common nonnative species are now abundant in ...

fotomaton2023/ Shutterstock Many pigeon and dove species are territorial and don’t tend to congregate in groups. This is in stark contrast to passenger pigeons. These birds travelled in extremely ...

DESCRIPTION: The passenger pigeon was much larger than the somewhat similarly plumed mourning dove. Adapted for speed and maneuverability in flight, it had a small head and neck; long tail; long, ...

The noble passenger pigeon's common name comes from the French term pigeon de passage, referring to the massive migrations of these birds across the sky. A flock of passenger pigeons reported in ...

This highly variable city pigeon is familiar to all urban dwellers. Multicolored birds were developed over centuries of near domestication. Polytypic (12 ssp.; nominate in North America.). Length ...