Until a few years ago, the tussle between man and another bipedal species, the rock pigeon, was a daily feature at Jaipur’s historic Albert Hall Museum. The pigeons were a photogenic lot but as their ...

However, they are descendants of rock pigeons that were domesticated ... Additionally, one species of pigeon went extinct. That species is the passenger pigeon. In the 1800s, the passenger pigeon ...

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 ...