Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus) Science Article 1 abstract Throughout the 1997-1998, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 seasons, Woodpigeon population censuseswere carried out in their traditional Iberian wintering area, which comprises the southwesternquadrant of the Peninsula. The method applied was the direct counting of flocks incommunal roosts, of which 210 have been checked so far. Four counts were carried […]
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In vivo pectoralis muscle force-length behavior during level flight in pigeons (Columba livia)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Science Article 3 abstract For the first time, we report in vivo measurements of pectoralis muscle length change obtained using sonomicrometry combined with measurements of its force development via deltopectoral crest strain recordings of a bird in free flight. These measurements allow us to characterize the contractile behavior and mechanical power […]
Thermal control of metabolic cold defence in pigeons Columba livia
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Science Article 1 abstract Metabolic rate (MR) and various body temperatures were recorded in pigeons Columba livia during gradual lowering of the ambient temperature (Ta) and during cold exposure (?10 deg C) for an entire circadian cycle. The aim was to study how changes in MR accorded with the observed body […]
A functional analysis of the primary upstroke and downstroke muscles in the domestic pigeon (Columba livia) during flight
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Science Article 2 abstract In domestic pigeons (Columba livia), the electrical activity of the major depressor muscle of the wing, the pectoralis (pars thoracicus), begins in late upstroke well before the wing begins its downstroke excursion. The two architecturally distinct heads of the pectoralis, the sternobrachialis and the thoracobrachialis, are differentially […]
Bolles Laurel Pigeon (Columba bollii)
[order] COLUMBIFORMES | [family] Columbidae | [latin] Columba bollii | [UK] Bolles Laurel Pigeon | [FR] Pigeon de Bolle | [DE] Bolles Lorbeertaube | [ES] Paloma turque | [NL] Bolles Laurierduif Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics Large, dark brown and grey pigeon. Mainly dark sepia-brown, redder […]
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
[order] COLUMBIFORMES | [family] Columbidae | [latin] Columba livia | [UK] Rock Pigeon | [FR] Pigeon biset | [DE] Felsentaube | [ES] Paloma Bravia | [NL] Rotsduif Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics Rock Pigeons, more commonly known simply as just “pigeons,” are familiar birds in any […]
Laurel Pigeon (Columba junoniae)
[order] COLUMBIFORMES | [family] Columbidae | [latin] Columba junoniae | [UK] Laurel Pigeon | [FR] Pigeon des lauriers | [DE] Lorbeertaube | [ES] Paloma rabiche | [NL] Laurierduif Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Like Long-toed and Bolle’s Laurel Pigeons (Columba trocaz, C. bollii), in size (L 39 cm), but has brown back, wine-red breast and […]
Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota)
[order] COLUMBIFORMES | [family] Columbidae | [latin] Columba leuconota | [UK] Snow Pigeon | [FR] Pigeon des neiges | [DE] Schneetaube | [ES] Paloma Nival | [NL] Sneeuwduif Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Columba leuconota EU sc, se Columba leuconota gradaria e Tibet to se China and n […]
Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)
[order] COLUMBIFORMES | [family] Columbidae | [latin] Columba oenas | [UK] Stock Pigeon | [FR] Pigeon colombin | [DE] Hohltaube | [ES] Paloma Zurita | [NL] Holenduif Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics General color blue grey, with primaries and secondaries with black tips, conspicuous in flight. […]
Long-toed Pigeon (Columba trocaz)
[order] COLUMBIFORMES | [family] Columbidae | [latin] Columba trocaz | [UK] Long-toed Pigeon | [FR] Pigeon trocas | [DE] Silberhals-Taube | [ES] Paloma torqueza | [NL] Trocazduif Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics The also called Long-toed Pigeon is an endemic species of Madeira, it once existed […]