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The mountain imperial pigeon is the largest pigeon species in its range at 43–51 cm (17–20 in) long. [2] It has a fairly long tail, broad, rounded wings and slow wing-beats. The head, neck and underparts are vinous-grey with a contrasting white throat and brownish-maroon upperparts and wings, though the upper part of the body can be duller.
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves. They are distributed among 50 genera. They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
All Alone carried this information more than four hundred miles, across the English Channel, back to her home in Staines, England, in less than twenty-four hours. The speed of her flight and the urgency of its success earned All Alone a Dickin Medal , an award known as the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross , "...for Gallantry and Devotion ...
The Old Lady and the Pigeons (French: La vieille dame et les pigeons) is a 1997 animated short film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It tells the slightly surreal story of a starving policeman who dresses up as a pigeon and tricks an old lady into feeding him.
The cinnamon-bellied imperial pigeon was formally described in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte from a specimen collected in Gilolo now Halmahera, the largest island in the Maluku Islands. He coined the current binomial name Ducula basilica. [2] The specific epithet basilica is Latin for "magnificent" or "splendid". [3]
Le Vaillant was posthumously appointed to the Legion of Honour, the only pigeon to be so rewarded during the war. [1] [9] The diploma of the award hung in the headquarters of the French army signals units. [5] Le Vaillant was stuffed and preserved and is now in the Mont Valérien Military Pigeon Museum in Suresne.
Margot, a 3-year-old rescue dog from Cincinnati Animal CARE, was named the winner of People Magazine's World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest, beating more than 7,000 other dogs from across the globe.
The English Pouter is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding. English Pouters , along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons , are all descendants from the rock pigeon .