Do you know about pigeons ?

Question

How much grams they eat, how they do sex, where they find food ? why they fly ?

Answer 1

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Pigeons and doves are some 300 species of near passerine birds in the order Columbiformes. In general parlance the terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably. In ornithological practice there is a tendency for "dove" to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones, but this is in no way consistently applied, and historically the common names for these birds involve much variation between "dove" and "pigeon".

The species commonly referred to just as the "pigeon" is the feral Rock Pigeon, common in many cities.

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

The usually flimsy nests are made of sticks, and the two white eggs are incubated by both sexes. Doves feed on seeds, fruit and other soft plantstuff. Unlike most other birds (but see flamingo), the doves and pigeons produce "crop milk", which is secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop. Both sexes produce this highly nutritious substance to feed to the young.

This family occurs worldwide, but the greatest variety is in the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones. The young doves and pigeons are called "squabs".


Systematics and evolution
The family is usually divided into five subfamilies, but this is probably inaccurate. For example, the American ground and quail doves which are usually placed in the Columbinae seem to be two distinct subfamilies. The order presented here follows Baptista et al. (1997) with some updates (Johnson & Clayton 2000, Johnson et al. 2001, Shapiro et al. 2002).

Note that the arrangement of genera and naming of subfamilies is in some cases provisional because analyses of different DNA sequences yield results that differ, often radically, in the placement of certain (mainly Indo-Australian) genera. This ambiguity, probably caused by Long branch attraction, on the other hand seems to confirm that the first pigeons evolved in the Australasian region, and that the "Treronidae" and allied forms (crowned and pheasant pigeons, for example) represent the earliest radiation of the group.

As the Dodo and Rodrigues Solitaire are in all likelihood part of the Indo-Australian radiation that produced the 3 small subfamilies mentioned above and the fruit-doves and -pigeons (including the Nicobar Pigeon), they are here included as a subfamily Raphinae, pending better material evidence of their exact relationships.

Exacerbating these issues, columbids are not well represented in the fossil record. No really primitive forms have been found to date. The genus Gerandia which most likely belongs to the Columbinae has been described from Early Miocene deposits of France. Apart from that, all other fossils belong to extant genera. For these, and for the considerable number of more recently extinct prehistoric species, see the respective genus accounts.

Several species of pigeon or dove are used as food, and probably any could be; the powerful breast muscles characteristic of the family make excellent meat. In Europe the Wood Pigeon is commonly shot as a game bird, while Rock Pigeons were originally domesticated as a food species, and many breeds were developed for their meat-bearing qualities. The extinction of the Passenger Pigeon was at least partly due to shooting for use as food.

Doves are Kosher, and they and Turtle Doves are the only birds that may be used for a Korban. Other kosher birds may be eaten, but not brought as a Korban.



Trivia

A traditional pigeonhouse in Meybod, Yazd, Iran.Doves can be trained and often are utilized in tricks and animal acts by magicians and showmen.
In the United States, "dove" is sometimes used as a street name for cocaine. Ecstasy pills are also sometimes referred to as "doves", due to a well-known "brand" of pills featuring an embossed dove.
Dove is a brand of American ice cream; their "Dove Bar", featuring a vanilla ice cream filling with a thin chocolate coating, is particularly well known.
Dove is also a brand of soaps, deodorants skin care and hair care products, manufactured by Unilever.
A "pigeon" is an English slang word to refer to an uneducated, naive, or unsophisticated person: one that is easily deceived or cheated by underhanded means. To be referred to as a "pigeon" or a "dupe" suggests unwariness in the person deluded — especially used in the slang language of gambling. Etymology: from Middle French duppe.
Glenn McGrath, and Australian Cricketer is nicknamed "Pigeon"

Answer 2

Here are some answers to your question from A Pigeon fancier's discussion board. Some of them don't sound very scientific (check out the paperclip idea). It sounds like sexing pigeons isn't easy, particularly if you haven't got any other pigeons for comparison, so you could try asking on this discussion board for further help, if you need it - they're probably the experts on this one! It also seems to depend on the variety of pigeon you have. Take a look around this discussion board anyway.

(IN GENERAL) I haven't as yet found anyone that can be exactly sure of sexing youngsters, but I find that I can mostly tell by their behaviour when they are over five to six weeks old. Cocks are by far the more pushy especially if they are in good health, they are also usually bigger than the hen especially when compared to a sister that's hatched with them. I have been told to look at the head, the **** is much flatter whereas the hen is more rounded. This appears true on several in many insistances but there are many occasions where I have been fooled.

(FOR KING PIGEONS) As far as the sexing goes, experience will show you. When they pair up you can see the difference. Male is a bigger bird with a bigger head, bigger breast.

(FOR FANTAILS) With regard to sexing fantails, we have noticed that the tails of our male birds are held in a more upright position than that of the females. Whether this is a foolproof way of determining sex I do not know, but in our case it works every time!

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Don't know how much a pigeon eats. When the female is getting ready to breed, the male (sometimes more than one) will follow her around and do this bowing to her, their necks will get all puffed out and they'll try to attract her attention. She'll reject most but one will finally win her favor and she'll let him climb on her back. The male will then fertilize her. It's real quick. He'll usually continue to woo her until she is no longer breeding. Why do they fly? Because they can (if I could I certainly would), and because their legs and feet aren't really made for a lot of walking or running.

Answer 4

oh all the time growing up. the church my mom made us go to had pigeons everywhere, we'd go just to bring some home to eat. a street pigeon tastes the same as any other pigeon. they are just easier to pick and cost allot less. to make enough soup to feed a homeless family of 3 for a week would take 5 pigeons. stew with rain water and vegetables collected from restaurant dumpsters and season with salt packets for free cafeterias. YUM!

Answer 5

They eat as much as they want. How do they sex i don't know.? They can find food sometimes on top of fans they eat the dust. They fly to entertain themselfsthat why one crashed into my house...

Answer 6

They have sex the same way other birds do. They find food that people have discarded. They fly to get away from small boys who want to put salt on their tails.

Answer 7

not sure of the grams of food, but if they are pets, then just have a big bowl of food for them..

sex, they do it with their tongues..like all birds..

pigeons are scavangers, they eat anything, like seagulls..(dirty birds)

and why do they fly? why does any bird fly? thats their means of getting around. their legs..

Answer 8

how much they eat...about 2 tablespoons per bird...depends also on what kind of bird you have.....
sex...many characteristics..best bet is to buy a sex indicator
pigeons will eat whatever they find....
they fly because they have wings, is like saying why do you walk around or why do u use ur hands?

Answer 9

Love to fly

Answer 10

Read up a book or go to pat stores and find out, they may pick some Baghdad(messenger Doves).