• Feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma urbana), also called city doves, city pigeons, or street pigeons, are descendants of domestic...
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    Rock dove (redirect from Blue Rock Pigeon)
    populations of feral pigeons around the world. Wild rock doves are pale grey with two black bars on each wing, whereas domestic and feral pigeons vary in the...
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    homing ability, pigeons have been used to deliver messages, including during the world wars. Despite this, city pigeons, which are feral birds released...
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    Columbidae (redirect from Pigeon)
    referred to as "pigeon" is the domestic pigeon, or rock dove, which is common in many cities as the feral pigeon. Doves and pigeons build relatively...
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    A feral (from Latin fera 'a wild beast') animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals. As with an introduced...
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    of birds can be semi-feral, including mute swans, mallards, and barbary doves. Perhaps the best-known semi-feral bird is the pigeon, which people have been...
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    A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (Felis catus) that lives outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled...
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    racing pigeon and the fantail pigeon, some of which have become feral. Meanwhile, "wood pigeon" by itself usually means the common wood pigeon (C. palumbus)...
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    geographic area owes its success to human-led introduction; the domestic and feral pigeons are both domesticate forms of the rock dove, which are a major prey...
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    Stock dove (redirect from Stock Pigeon)
    the rump of the stock dove is grey and its wing bars incomplete. The feral pigeon (the same species as the rock dove) is highly variable, and indistinctly...
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    along with a few others has evolved from the Wild Rock Pigeon or the "feral pigeon". The Jacobin Pigeon gained its name through the Jacobin order of Monks...
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    The trocaz pigeon, Madeira laurel pigeon or long-toed pigeon (Columba trocaz) is a pigeon which is endemic to the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is a...
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    Only likely to be confused with white-tailed laurel pigeon Columba junoniae or dark feral pigeon. The voice is a guttural mournful cooing. Hints: Look...
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  • no more cruel than extermination efforts carried out in cities where feral pigeons are considered a nuisance and are often controlled using lethal methods...
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    of annual celebrations on New Year's Eve. It was well known for its feral pigeons until their removal in the early 21st century. The square is named after...
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    Squab (redirect from Squab pigeon)
    meat is thought of as distasteful by some consumers because they view feral pigeons as unsanitary urban pests. However, squab meat is regarded as safer...
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    small clutch Lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina), typical clutch Feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica), typical clutch European starling (Sturnus...
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  • spotted pit viper) [28] Diploderma swinhonis (tree lizard) Columba livia (feral pigeon) Leiothrix lutea (red-billed leiothrix) [29] Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl)...
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    Some domestic pets, feral animals and wild animals have learned to use human public transportation to travel independently. This is tolerated or even...
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    using anti-bird spikes in nests". BBC News. Retrieved July 11, 2023. "Feral Pigeon Deterrents". RSPB. Retrieved 11 November 2015. "Gulls and People". RSPB...
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    birds is recommended. Similar suggestions have been made in the US. Feral pigeons are often found in urban public spaces. They are often considered environmental...
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    Darwin and Western Australia, and involves trapping. Red Foxes, feral cats, feral dogs and feral pigs are often baited, although the use of 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate)...
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    of the farm at night. Feral pigeon: Descendants of escaped (and released) domesticated rock doves—one of very few truly feral species. Barbary dove:...
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    The bronzewing pigeons are a group of pigeons native to Australia which have distinctive iridescent wing patches that appear bronze or green-brown in dull...
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    and the Eurasian collared dove The rock dove, including the feral pigeon and domestic pigeon, is almost entirely herbivorous in both native and introduced...
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    in Greater Manchester; magpie and feral pigeon are common and breed in habitats across the county. Flocks of feral parakeets can be seen in many of south...
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    (Egyptian goose) Cairina moschata (Muscovy Duck) Columba livia domestica (Feral Pigeon) Passer domesticus (House Sparrow) Pavo cristatus (Indian Peacock) Pycnonotus...
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    Petrophassa (redirect from Rock pigeons)
    (also called rock pigeon), a species which includes the domestic and feral pigeons as well as the wild species native to Europe, North Africa and Asia...
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    band on the hind-neck. It may also be confused with feral pigeons (C. livia), but the Somali pigeon is smaller and less dark than C. livia. As with many...
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    European rabbit Feral cat Red fox Wild pig Wild goat Kangaroo Emu Crocodile (Saltwater and Freshwater) Feral buffalo Banteng ("Scrub bull") Feral camel Australian...
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