Juvenile: generally browner, lacks iridescence; orbital skin and feet gray. The rock pigeon was introduced from Europe by early settlers; it is now widespread and common throughout the United ...

Caption A kind of head ornamentation known as a shell crest is seen on this English trumpeter, one of some 350 breeds of rock pigeon, one of the most diverse bird species on Earth with breeds of ...

Simply referred to as pigeon. The domestic pigeon descended from this species. rock pigeon stock illustrations Common Pigeon aka Rock Dove bird 19th century colour... Rock dove, common pigeon a member ...

The extinction of the passenger pigeon is a poignant example of what happens when the interests of man clash with the interests of nature. It is believed that this species once constituted 25 to 40 ...

Wings make a loud clapping sound when flushed. Polytypic. Length 14.5". Larger, with a longer tail than a rock pigeon; blue-gray on the upper parts with contrasting blackish gray flight feathers ...