One Pigeon Please

I bet Wikipedian SJ Klein one dove that pigeons and doves were one — one and the same that is.

Wikipedia says, "the terms dove and pigeon are used interchangeably." Of course, this picture of a Chequered Rock Dove is what really seals the deal:

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As you can guess, Rock Doves are commonly found in city parks and widely known as "feral pigeons."

Because I won, SJ can pay off the debt with a pigeon.

2 Replies to “One Pigeon Please”

  1. Actually, the name of these birds was officially changed (in 2003 in America and in 1992 in Britain) to “Rock Pigeon” because the term pigeon is generally considered to have a heavier bone structure than doves, although as far as I know this is a conventional difference and there is no quantitative line separating the two.

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