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11.12.2010 - 11:02 |  Looduskalender
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
 
City pigeons
 
   Domestic pigeon; city pigeon
Kodutuvi     
  Columba livia f. domestica  
 
All know the city pigeon. The basic colour of its plumage is dove grey, with white rump area. The wings are grey, with white underwings and characteristic broad bands. The grey tail, dark  at the tip, is spread out like a fan in flight. The breast and the crop area often have a metallic sheen. Eyes are dark red, the beak is dark grey and the feet are pink.
 
City pigeons have developed from the rock pigeon, Columba livia, that nests in western Europe and from carrier pigeons escaped from dovecots. On crossing of the species to-day’s city pigeon has evolved.
 
The colour of the plumage varies widely from white to nearly black, but the basic type is still quite similar to its more slender relative, the rock pigeon or rock dove.
 

It is likely that the domestic pigeon is the first non-native bird species that stayed to breed in Estonia. It was brought domesticated as a cage bird from Germany and already in the beginning of the 20th century it was a common inhabitant of our cities. The winter number is estimated to be between a hundred thousand to a couple of hundred thousand individuals.


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