Doves and pigeons are the only two types of birds in the biological family Columbidae ... Red irises Blue rings around their eyes Distinct black spots just below their eyes — called ear spots ...

The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was photographed for the first time in 140 years with a remote camera trap set up by a research team conducting a search of lost birds. The expedition team ...

People love to hate on pigeons for the way they foul up parked cars or flock to food scraps on the sidewalk. But with more than 300 species of wild pigeon found on Earth—many of them stunning ...

It's called a black-naped pheasant pigeon, and a group of researchers spent weeks scouring the forest for it on an island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. They installed lots of cameras across ...

Pigeons belong to the family Columbidae, which is a "remarkable" group of birds, Ms Mosco says. "It's got all the pigeons, doves and the dodo. If you stare hard enough at a drawing of a dodo ...

A black wood pigeon, an endangered species, was recently spotted along the Ulsan coast. Hong Seung-min, head of the birdwatching group ″Tweet-eria,″ succeeded in photographing the bird. [ULSAN ...

Brits with a soft spot for birds in their garden have been warned - disturbing doves or pigeons from February onwards could land you in hot water. Both doves and pigeons are part of the columbidae ...

Doves and pigeons both belong to the same family of birds, columbidae, and collared doves, native to the UK, begin their breeding season as early as February. With the new month just days away ...