Officially, street pigeons are not vermin, like rats, another species of barefoot city dweller, with which they are often ...

The mourning dove, Zenaidura macroura, closest relative of the passenger pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius resembles the passenger pigeon in shape and coloring. This has often led to mistaken ...

The collared dove and wood pigeon are now five times more common in British gardens than in 1979, according to the results of the RSPB 25th Garden Birdwatch survey. Collared doves, seen in 62% of ...

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, ...

I was a dove among pigeons. I copped glares left, right and centre. I was almost a celebrity. It was a strange sensation, which bordered on uncomfortable and awkward. Yet I loved it. I loved that ...