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Rock Pigeon (city pigeon)

Learn more about color morphs of Rock Pigeons.

Learn more about courtship behaviors of Rock Pigeons.

COOL FACTS about Rock Pigeons

Eyesight: Pigeon eyesight is excellent. Like humans, pigeons can see color, but they also can see ultraviolet light--part of the light spectrum that humans can't see. Pigeons are sometimes used in human search-and-rescue missions because of their exceptional vision.

Hearing: Pigeons can hear sounds at much lower frequencies than humans can, such as wind blowing across buildings and mountains, distant thunderstorms, and even far-away volcanoes. Sensitive hearing may explain why pigeons sometimes fly away for no apparent reason: maybe they heard something you can't.