Feral Pigeon Colours and Patterns Columba livia domestica

basic Feral Pigeon
White Pigeon
Feral Pigeons have developed a variety of plumage colours and patterns. The basic ancestral Rock Dove plumage (above left) has a light grey body with two black wing bars, a darker head and iridescent green and purple at the neck (more in breeding males, including the chest). Most feral birds' plumage is based on this. Some wild pigeons are completely white (above right).
Pied Pigeon Variations include pied, white with black speckled,
brown Pigeon brown,
pied Pigeon different patterns of pied,
Pigeon including with partial black wing bars,
melanistic pigeon melanistic (black),
chequered Pigeon lightly chequered,
chequered Pigeon darkly chequered,
pigeon nearly white,
Pigeon light grey with brown,
Pigeon dark grey with brown,
pigeon and brown with grey, among others.
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domino Pigeon
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There was a constant, discrete group of these brown pigeons with white rumps and I was asked if they were a separate (sub)species!
Pigeon
blue and red Pigeon Thanks to nabojsa for the above photo of an unusual combination of warm red and cold blue colours.
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