are wood pigeons the same as normal pigeons?
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A wood pigeon on the other hand, is a bit more picky about their diet. ... Wood pigeons are often fatter than feral pigeons, as they have a better diet and can find food more readily. Wood pigeons like to nest where it's quieter. Woods, parks and gardens are great places to build their nests.
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More often both the birds are confused with each other because they share same features like thick and round bodies, short necks, and thin beaks, but in ornithology, pigeon is said to be larger in size and dove are comparatively smaller. “Rock Doves” and “city doves” are the scientific terms used for pigeons.
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There is no strict division between pigeons and doves, which share certain features. ... The wild rock dove has long been domesticated and 'escaped' to live wild as the familiar town pigeon. There are many species all over the world.
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The kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) or New Zealand pigeon is the only pigeon endemic to the New Zealand mainland. A large conspicuous pigeon with distinctive noisy wingbeats, it is the only remaining New Zealand bird capable of swallowing large fruit, and so is an important seed disperser for native trees.
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A pigeon's normal lifespan in nature is about 3 to 4 years. A pigeon can go, if necessary, a long time without food or even water. Most birds need a constant water source and that they will visit every day. Pigeons are skilled in finding water and food sources, and rarely have trouble finding a source in the city.
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Albatrosses have strong body, large, cambered wings and long legs. Their webbed feet lack hind toe. Most gulls are grey or white colored, with black markings on the head and wings. ... Gulls have heavy, slightly hooked bill, while albatrosses have long, hooked bill with sharp edges.
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The Wood Pigeon is resident and mostly sedentary though in the autumn and winter they fly twice-daily between roosts and feeding areas. Scandinavian Wood Pigeons are migratory and many pass through Britain on their autumnal migration to France and Spain, some inevitably stay for the winter in Britain.
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Answer has 25 votes. Scientifically speaking they are the same bird. Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae, which includes about 310 species.
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While quails are brown, about 15cm long and look like small chickens, the turtle dove is greyish with white on its neck and looks more like a pigeon. Quails migrate at night and remain low and hidden inside vegetation. The turtle dove, on the other hand, arrives early in the morning and flies openly between trees.
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In culinary terminology, squab is a young domestic pigeon, typically under four weeks old, or its meat. ... It formerly applied to all dove and pigeon species, such as the wood pigeon, the mourning dove, the extinct-in-the-wild socorro dove, and the now-extinct passenger pigeon, and their meat.
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Pigeons are strictly diurnal, daytime animals, and they seek out a safe place to roost every night, and will only fly at night when disturbed. In a local population of pigeons, there will be a few dominant birds, usually the breeding males, followed by the local population of fertile females, juveniles and mated pairs.
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A bird is classified in kingdom animalia meaning it is also an animal. Despite the fact that birds are animals, they have unique anatomic and physiological characteristics that distinguish them from the rest of the animals.
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Crows are about the same size as some of the smaller hawks, such as the Cooper's, and only slightly smaller than the bigger raptors. While the hawks' strengths are their talons and feet, the crows have powerful beaks that the hawks know can deliver savage blows.
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Though a crow is a black bird, it's not a blackbird. ... The crow is Corvus brachyrynchos, of the family Corvidae and the blackbird is of the family Icteridae. There are several species of blackbirds in North America.
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Due to their scavenging nature, similarities between rats and pigeons are common. ... For this reason, pigeons are considered a 'pest species' by local councils and people who operate within the pest control industry do refer to these birds as vermin.
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No, surprisingly. They are in the Families Tytonidae and Strigidae, more closely related to nightjars and cuckoos. If you look in a good bird guide, such as Sibley Birds or National Geographic you will see that the pictures of owls are not found next to the hawks.