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Columbidae - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae that includes about 310 species.Pigeons are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and short, slender bills with fleshy ceres. They feed on seeds, fruits, and plants. This family occurs worldwide, but the greatest variety is in the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae
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Domestic Pigeon - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) is a pigeon that was derived from the rock pigeon. The rock pigeon is the world's oldest domesticated bird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_pigeon
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Mourning Dove - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
The mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) is a member of the dove family, (Columbidae). The bird is also called the turtle dove or the American mourning dove or rain dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina pigeon or Carolina turtledove.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_dove
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Common Ground-Dove, Identification - All About Birds
Learn how to identify Common Ground-Dove, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A dove the size of a sparrow, the Common Ground-Dove forages in dusty open areas, sometimes overshadowed by the grass clumps it is feeding beneath.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Ground-Dove/id
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Rock Pigeon, Identification - All About Birds
Learn how to identify Rock Pigeon, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A common sight in cities around the world, Rock Pigeons crowd streets and public squares, living on discarded food and offerings of birdseed.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rock_Pigeon/id
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Pigeons and Doves - Audubon
Guide to North American Birds: pigeons and doves
https://www.audubon.org/bird-family/pigeons-and-doves
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Rock Pigeon - Columba livia - About
Detailed bird profile of the rock pigeon: appearance, foods, habitat, behavior and reproduction. Includes pigeon deterrant methods.
http://birding.about.com/od/birdprofiles/p/rockpigeon.htm
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Rock Pigeon - Audubon Field Guide
Few birds have been associated with humans so closely as the Rock Pigeon, better known as the common city pigeon. It has been domesticated and taken around the world, raised for food, trained for homing, racing, and carrying messages, and used in research.
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/rock-pigeon
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Beauty of Birds: Pigeons and Doves
Pigeons and doves comprises some 300 species of birds in the order Columbiformes - all of which are related to the extinct dodo.
https://www.beautyofbirds.com/pigeoninfo.html
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Everything There is to Know about the Pigeon - PCRC
Everything you ever wanted to know about pigeons from the Pigeon Control Resource Centre (PCRC)
http://www.pigeoncontrolresourcecentre.org/html/about-pigeons.html
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The RSPB Birds by Family: Pigeons and Doves
There is no strict division between pigeons and doves, which share certain features, including small, rounded heads, small, slim bills with a small fleshy patch at the base, rounded bodies with dense, soft feathers, tapered wings and short, scaly legs, and cooing or crooning calls.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/families/pigeons.aspx
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Facts and Information about Pigeons
Fascinating facts about pigeons. Pigeons are incredibly complex and intelligent animals. They are one of only a small number of species who can recognise themselves in a mirror.
http://www.onekind.org/education/animals_a_z/pigeon
