The Crowned pigeons are a bird genus in the Columbidae family. It includes four big pigeon species unique to New Guinea Island and a few neighboring islands. The species are quite similar in appearance and inhabit various areas of New Guinea. In 1819 the English scientist James Francis Stephens established the genus. They drink falling fruit, […]

Band-tailed pigeons are a medium-sized bird that lives in the Americas. Chilean pigeons and ring-tailed pigeons are its closest relatives. They belong to a subspecies of Patagioenas, distinguished by a terminal tail band and iridescent plumage on the necks of their young. There are at least eight subspecies of this bird, and some authorities divide […]

  The Common wood pigeon is an essential member of the family of doves and pigeons. Adult birds carry a succession of green and white patches on their necks and a pink patch breast. On each side of the neck, juvenile birds do not have white spots. They have tiny white patches on both sides of […]

A relatively large, robust species of pigeon, the Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris) is the red-billed pigeon. In North America, its breeding range extends from southern Texas to Costa Rica. Mexico and Central America are the most common regions to find this species. Pale-vented pigeons, however, are usually lacking iridescent display plumage when compared with other […]