PIGEON GENETICS

Domestic Pigeons Aren't All That Exist

I love pigeons.  I bet you do too or you wouldn't be at this site. 

However, there ARE other magnificent birds and flying things in the world and this page is just to keep that fact in perspective. 

Wood Duck Drake (N. America) Aix sponsa Linked to Ducks Unlimited	Ocellated Turkey (Mexico-Central America) Agriocharis ocellata Linked to N. Amer. Game Bird Asso.
Nankin male (India - domestic fowl) Gallus gallus Linked to Feathersite - great poultry site.	Seychelles Blue Pigeon (Seychelles Island) Alectroenas pulcherrima Linked to International Dove Society
House Finch male (N. America) Carpodacus mexicanus (I think) Linked to American Audubon Soc.	Hooded Merganser drake (N. America) Lophodytes cucullatus Linked to the Canadian Nature Fed.
Jambu Fruit Dove - male, Ptilinopus jambu Copyright by Honolulu Zoo, all rights reserved.  Used by permission. Linked to Honolulu Zoo	(Picazuro Pigeon) Argentina.  Photo by B. K. Schmidt. Copyrighted by the Smithsonian Institution.   Used by permission Photo linked to the Smithsonian page where I found it.
American Kestral male (N. America) Falco sparvarius Linked to North American Falconers Asso.	Dragonfly - species unknown. Linked to NW Federation