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Domestication of
pigeons led to
significant use of
homing pigeons for communication,
including war
pigeons, such as the 32
pigeons who were
awarded the...
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homing pigeons, owl
pigeons, and
those with
exaggerated wattles. Over the
millennia of
human interaction with
pigeons, a
multitude of
pigeon breeds have...
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genus Columba is the hill
pigeon,
followed by the
other rock
pigeons: the snow, speckled, and white-collared
pigeons.
Pigeon chicks are
called "squabs"...
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domesticated pigeons were used to
carry messages as
messenger pigeons. They are
usually referred to as "
pigeon post" if used in post service, or "war
pigeon" during...
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Feral pigeons (Columba
livia domestica or
Columba livia forma urbana), also
called city doves, city
pigeons, or
street pigeons, are
descendants of domestic...
- p****enger
pigeons bought from
Whittaker beginning in 1896. He had an
interest in
studying pigeons, and kept his p****enger
pigeons with
other pigeon species...
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Pigeon post is the use of
homing pigeons to
carry messages.
Pigeons are
effective as
messengers due to
their natural homing abilities. The
pigeons are...
- messengers.
Carrier pigeons of the
Racing Homer breed were used to
carry messages in
World War I and
World War II, and 32 such
pigeons were
presented with...
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Pigeon racing is the
sport of
releasing specially trained homing pigeons,
which then
return to
their homes over a
carefully measured distance. The time...
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generally termed "
pigeons", and in many
cases wood-
pigeons. The rock dove (C. livia) has
given rise to the
majority of
domesticated pigeon breeds, such as...
