A medium-size compact pigeon with long wings and a short tail ... orbital skin and feet gray. The rock pigeon was introduced from Europe by early settlers; it is now widespread and common ...

However, humans' relationship to these "rats with wings," as some have described ... found in urban environments is known as the rock dove, rock pigeon or common pigeon. Its binomial name is ...

It is a domesticated rock dove that has returned to wild or semi-wild ... I am terrified of birds in general, but most especially pigeons. I detest flapping wings, beady eyes and sharp beaks of all ...

Homing pigeons – a type of domestic pigeon descended from the rock pigeon – are extremely effective messengers because of their innate homing abilities, enabling them to return to their nest ...

said the author Yishi Shen, a researcher at Beijing Institute of Technology, “Consequently, there is an urgent need for experimental measurements of real pigeon wing motion in free flight to ...