are actually descended from escaped or released domesticated pigeons, which were in turn bred from the wild rock dove (Columba livia). Today, pigeons have been selectively bred by humans to ...

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; a blackish gray tail with a broad, pale gray ...

They decided that Valley — the name staffers chose for the rock pigeon — would make a good ... The birds — easy to spot with their green neck feathers — are common in cities around the ...

A pigeon has been found with its wings and tail feathers cut in eastern Kowloon, marking the second such case of bird abuse reported in Hong Kong in less than a week. A Society for the Prevention ...