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Columba livia
Taxonomy
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References
Daidal acanthocercus (proto-mantis shrimp)
Dimorphodon macronyx
Euceraphis betulae (silver birch aphid)
Equisetum myriochaetum
Gigantoproductus giganteus
Eucidaris metularia (sea urchin)
Harbinia micropapillosa
Hepialus humuli (common ghost moth)
Hildoceras bifrons
Hippopotamus madagascariensis (dwarf hippopotamus)
Homo neanderthalensis
Icosteus aenigmaticus
Latimeria chalumnae
Lottia gigantea (owl limpet)
Macropoma lewesiensis
Malacosteus niger (stoplight loosejaw)
Manicina areolata (rose coral)
Mantelliceras mantelli
Melianthus major (honey bush)
Metacrinus rotundus (Japanese sea lily)
Milichia patrizii (ant-mugging fly)
Mimus trifasciatus (Floreana mockingbird)
Myophorella lusitanica
Myrsidea nesomimi (mockingbird louse)
Nannoceratopsis gracilis
Neocrinus decorus
Nummulites gizehensis
Ophthalmosaurus icenicus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus)
Parkinsonia parkinsoni
Peloneustes philarchus
Pentacrinites fossilis
Periphylla periphylla
Platynereis dumerilii
Precis octavia (Gaudy commodore)
Proisocrinus ruberrimus (Moulin Rouge)
Protopterus annectens
Rediviva emdeorum (bee)
Seirocrinus subangularis
Siphonia koenigi
Southern tyrant reptile
Tetraplodon mnioides
Trama troglodytes (root aphid)
Turnagra capensis (South Island or Stephens Island piopio)
Meconema meridionale (southern oak bush-cricket)
Ginkgo gardneri
Homo sapiens
Common species
References
Feral pigeons appear in many different colours
© H Van Grouw
Grouw, H.J. van, 2009,
Genetica bij duiven (Genetics in the pigeon)
, NBS.
Goodwin, D. 1983,
Pigeons and Doves of the World
, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.
Johnston, R.F. and Marian Janiga, 1995,
Feral Pigeons
, Oxford University Press, New York.
Alan Whitworth, 1988, Dorset Dovecotes, Culva House Publications, Portland
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