pigeon
Pigeons
belong to the order Pigeons and the family Pigeons
It is
classified into five families and about 42 genera, and its species reach up to
About 308 species are among the birds
widely spread throughout the world, with the exception of cold and remote
places.
The
number of pigeons in the world reaches more than 400 million doves, most of
which live in urban areas and cities.
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pigeon description:
The bathroom can be described from a
formal and behavioral perspective as follows:
The
formal characteristics of the bathroom The bathroom is characterized by a set
of formal characteristics, which are as follows:
Size The bathroom has a full body, Its weight ranges from 30 to 2000 grams, and its length ranges from 15 to 75 cm.
Wings :
Pigeon wings are distinguished by
their length, and about 44% of the bird’s muscles are concentrated in them,
which makes it fly with high skill and gives it the ability to maneuver.
Feathers:
Most pigeon species have brightly
colored feathers, especially in the chest, back, wings, and face, and some have
pink, gray, or brown feathers.
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Head:
Pigeon heads are small in size, have
a beak, and the part below them is smooth skin.
The
eyes are surrounded by a ring of skin colored blue, red, yellow, or white.
Behavioral characteristics of
pigeons :
Pigeons live within a pattern of
behaviors that can be summarized as follows:
Social life: Pigeons may exist individually, but they often live in groups that fly together as flocks, in which the number of pigeons may reach several thousand.
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Communication:
Pigeons communicate with each other
by making a range of sounds and tweets, which help them find a partner,
indicate danger, or defend a residence.
Immigration:
Pigeon behaviors vary between
settling in one area, or migrating from one area to another in order to search
for food, or due to changes in the seasons of the year.
Some
pigeons also fly large distances daily,
It may reach 40 km, but at the end of
the day it returns to its nest.
The
Carrier pigeon
Columbidae
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Nest building :
Pigeons use branches and tree stems
to build the nest.
The
male collects the materials needed to build it, while the female builds the
nest, which usually takes between 2 to 4 days.
Adapting to the heat, pigeons in hot areas raise their feathers away from
the edges, and they also blow them to maintain their body temperature.
Home of pigeons :
Pigeons are usually found in
temperate and tropical regions.
They
are widespread in lowland rainforests, highland forests, tropical forests,
riverine forests, forests spread in the northern regions, savannas, and deserts, And atolls.
In addition to the presence of
pigeons in forests where water swamps are widespread, and in agricultural
areas, urban areas, and suburbs،
Many types of pigeons are also
widespread in South America, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
There are many types of pigeons on
the continent of Africa and tropical Southeast Asia.
Large
numbers of pigeons were transported by ship to the continent of North America
during the 17th century AD, but many of them escaped captivity, It
began to multiply in the region.
Common
wood pigeon
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Bath food :
Urban pigeons generally feed on
everything that can be found to cover their diet; Therefore, it can be said
that they eat everything they see in front of them, including food scraps,
insects, worms, seeds, fruits, bread, fish, meat, sweets, and chocolate.
As for wild pigeons, they have the
ability to obtain healthier food than urban pigeons, as they feed on berries,
seeds, nuts, legumes, vegetables, gravel, and fresh plants.
The
pigeons’ eating habits vary, But in general, he is able to eat anything.
He may get his food from a trash can, and this advantage has helped him be more adapted to any environment in which he lives,
.Pigeons can be classified according to their type of food into
two basic types as follows:
A plant-eating pigeon, as some types
of pigeons depend for their food on eating tropical fruits, or swallowing a
whole grain of fruit, and some of them depend on eating the grains and seeds
that they find on the surface of the earth,
Or he
picks them up with his beak from the stems of herbs, or he searches for them by
digging with his beak in the ground.
If
the pigeons are unable to find grains and seeds, they eat leaves, stems, and
flower buds.
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Animal-eating bath :
There are a limited number of species
of pigeons that feed on the meat of other animals, such as:
Insects, small vertebrates, lizards,
and other invertebrates. Pigeon
reproduction The mating season for pigeon birds extends throughout the year,
and may be seasonal for some species, so the male mates with one female
throughout his life
During
the mating period, the male performs some behaviors that attract the female to
him, such as squatting, raising the tail, shaking the wings, and scratching the
ground with the feet.
Some
species also clap their wings, spin, and issue tweets.
Mating may be repeated about 5 times
during one year, and the female lays one or two eggs in each nest, and both
pairs incubate the eggs, a process that takes from 11 to 30 days
After hatching the eggs, the female works to feed her young for a period ranging from 30 to 40 days.
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