The domestic pigeon is a domesticated bird descended from the rock dove, of which it is technically a subspecies, though it does not form one accepted zoological subspecies but instead a collection of more than 350 distinct breeds. The rock dove was among the first birds ever domesticated: Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and Egyptian hieroglyphs both record its domestication more than 5,000 years ago. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Wikipedia: Domestic pigeon
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The domestic pigeon (Columba livia "domestica" or Columba livia forma domestica) is a domesticated bird derived from the rock dove (Columba livia), of which it is also a subspecies.
2. Wikipedia: Domestic pigeon
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