PIGEON TYPES

Types of Pigeons

There are more than 300 species of wild pigeons and doves. (Dodos were pigeons! The largest flocks ever recorded were of Passenger pigeons- both species that humans drove to extinction.) The species of pigeon most of us share our cities with is Columba livia, the Rock pigeon. Humans have, over thousands of years, selectively inbred Rock pigeons to create more than 300 breeds of domestic pigeons (such as Fantails, King pigeons, Birmingham Rollers and so many more). Palomacy’s favorite breed is rescued!

Domestic Pigeons

Hundreds of pigeon breeds are raised domestically — for sport, for hobby and for food. When these domestic pigeons are accidentally or deliberately released into the wild, they cannot fend for themselves in the same way that a wild pigeon can. These are the pigeons we most commonly rescue and tak

e in at Palomacy.