Evolutionary Concepts in Pigeons (Aves: Columbidae)

Department of Biology, Cantonment Public College, Saidpur Cantonment―5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

*Corresponding author: Ashraful Kabir, Department of Biology, Cantonment Public School and College, Saidpur Cantonment—5311, Nilphamari, Bangladesh, Phone: +88-01712563750; E-mail: [email protected]

Received Date: March 17, 2025

Published Date: April 03, 2025

Citation: Kabir A. (2025). Evolutionary Concepts in Pigeons (Aves: Columbidae). Mathews J Vet Sci. 9(4):73.

Copyrights: Kabir A. © (2025).

ABSTRACT

In order to survive, it is important to know the state of evolution. In avian kingdom, pigeons either domestic or wild have raw materials of all sorts of evolutionary elements. Available scientific data were used to compile this set-up. Since fancy pigeons have focused uncountable variations, they show sometimes their ancestral characteristics. Pigeons or fancy pigeons are an outstanding example for divergence evolution. Due to geographical barriers, and for the same plumage and characteristics they exhibit sympatric and allopatric speciation. Pigeons’ wings were noticed as their homologous and analogous organs at the time of comparing with other critters in nature.

Keywords: Pigeons, Doves, Divergence, Convergence, Homologous, Analogous, Sympatry, Allopatry, Barrier.