The female was about an inch shorter. The head and upper parts of the male pigeon were a clear bluish gray with black streaks on the scapulars and wing coverts. Patches of pinkish iridescence at the ...

Adult female: like male, but iridescence on neck and breast more restricted and subdued. Juvenile: generally browner, lacks iridescence; orbital skin and feet gray. The rock pigeon was introduced ...

The male had a red breast and blue-gray head, body and wings, while the female had a more brownish body and its lower throat and breast were a buff-gray that developed into white on the belly. HABITAT ...

They take it in turns incubating the eggs and this shared responsibility even goes as far as feeding the youngsters “milk”: both male and female pigeons produce a high fat and protein ...

A man has been arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of killing a pigeon that he reportedly filmed himself abusing. Hiroshi Tsuji, a 49-year-old taxi driver from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture ...