Pigeons are doves, so today's Animal Fact Files video is about both pigeon facts and dove facts. The common names pigeon and dove can be used interchangeably to describe any bird from the Columbidae family. If you want to get a little more specific, ornithologists say that the larger members of this family are pigeons while the smaller members are doves. Pigeons are distributed throughout most of the world. They live nearly anywhere including grasslands, forests, deserts and cities. Up to 44% of a pigeon's weight may come from their flight muscles alone! These big muscles give pigeons a fulllooking chest as well as excellent maneuverability in the skies which can help them avoid predators like falcons and hawks.

Scientific Name: Family Columbidae
Range: most of the world
Size: 6 to 30 inches (1575cm) in length; an ounce (28 grams) to over 6 pounds (2.7 kg) in weight
Diet: fruits, seeds, insects, worms, snails, and reptiles
Lifespan: 20 years (though most don't make it to this age)

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Pigeon VS Dove 0:00
Pigeon TRAITS 0:44
Pigeon HABITAT 1:11
Pigeon SIZE / APPEARANCE 1:40
Pigeon PREDATORS 2:02
Pigeon DIET 2:12
Pigeon LIFE CYCLE 2:23
Pigeon LIFE SPAN 3:05
Pigeon EXTINCTIONS: The Passenger Pigeon 3:19
Pigeon EXTINCTIONS: The Dodo 3:32
Thanks / Outro 3:52


Image and Video Credits:
TonyCastro https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
G. Winterflood https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
James St. John https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeol...

Research Credits:
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/dov...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/pigeon
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/ar...
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/e...
http://www.encyclopedia.com/environme...
http://www.pigeoncontrolresourcecentr...
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/...
http://www.audubon.org/magazine/mayj...
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/...

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