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A pigeon fledgling on a tiled floor. One species, the ancient murrelet, fledges two days after hatching, running from its burrow to the ocean and its calling parents. Once it reaches the ocean, its parents care for it for several weeks.
Lakeba imperial pigeon, Ducula lakeba (Lakeba, Fiji) Steadman's imperial pigeon, Ducula david ('Eua, Tonga, and Wallis Island) Tongan imperial pigeon, Ducula sp. ('Eua, Foa and Lifuka, Tonga) – may be synonymous with either D. lakeba or D. david, or possibly a new species; Shutler's fruit pigeon, Ducula shutleri (Vava'u and Tongatapu, Tonga)
Dovecote at Nymans Gardens, West Sussex, England A dovecote at Najafabad, Iran Pigeon tower in Kavastu, Estonia (built 1869) A dovecote at Mazkeret Batya, Israel A dovecote or dovecot / ˈ d ʌ v k ɒ t /, doocot or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. [1]
Tongoenas, also known as the Tongan giant pigeon, is an extinct genus of giant pigeon that grew up to 51 centimetres (20 in) long that was once native to the islands of Tonga. It had existed as a genus for at least 60,000 years, and went extinct around 850–600 BCE.
Didunculus strigirostris, Tooth-billed pigeon; The Tongan tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus placopedetes bebefolis) is only known from subfossil [4] remains in several archaeological sites in Tonga dating 2700–2850 BP [5] and now extinct. The tooth-billed pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) from Samoa is critically endangered. [6]
The etymology of the Greek word περιστερά, meaning the common pigeon or dove, [1] is ultimately unknown, although it could be related to the word πελιός, meaning "dark, blue." [ 2 ] [ 3 ] One suggestion is that it may be derived from a Semitic phrase peraḥ Ištar , which means "the bird of Ishtar ", a Semitic love-goddess ...
The nest is usually in a hole in an old tree. Before deforestation, the stock dove was the most frequent pigeon, nesting mostly in oak or pine wood, but as it usually nests in cavities in trees it was normally only found in old forests. In plantations there are not as many holes to nest in, so it is scarcer.
The basal bird Archaeopteryx, from the Jurassic, is well known as one of the first "missing links" to be found in support of evolution in the late 19th century. Though it is not considered a direct ancestor of modern birds, it gives a fair representation of how flight evolved and how the very first bird might have looked.