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English naturalist George Shaw described the topknot pigeon as Columba antarctica in 1793. [2]The topknot pigeon is sister taxon to a lineage that gave rise to the mountain pigeons (Gymnophaps) of New Guinea, the common ancestor of both diverged from a lineage that gave rise to the kererū and Chatham pigeon.
Hannah Junghwa van Loon, known professionally as Tanukichan, is an American singer-songwriter based in San Francisco. [2] Her debut album Sundays was released on July 13, 2018 [3] via Company Records with production by Chaz Bear of Toro y Moi. [4] Following the release of Sundays, van Loon supported the musical act Kero Kero Bonito on their ...
Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance.The time it takes the animal to cover the specified distance is measured and the bird's rate of travel is calculated and compared with all of the other pigeons in the race to determine which animal returned at the highest speed.
This is an alphabetical list of pigeon breeds; these are exclusively breeds of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica).Other Columbidae species (e.g., the Barbary dove, Streptopelia risoria) have been domesticated and developed into breeds, but these are generally simple colour variations of the plumage
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...
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A Fantail pigeon. The Fantail is a popular breed of fancy pigeon. [1] The American Pigeon Journal had special issues devoted to the breed in February 1975 and July 1977 [2] The magazine is available for viewing in Wikipedia Commons. [3]
The King pigeon is a breed of pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding primarily as a utility breed. [1] Kings along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons are all descendants from the rock dove (Columba livia).