alt Hacker News"pigeon" and "dove" are both words for the same family of birds. The bird most people think of with the word "pigeon" is the rock dove (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove) or domesticated / feral variants of it.
"pigeon" and "dove" are both words for the same family of birds. The bird most people think of with the word "pigeon" is the rock dove (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove) or domesticated / feral variants of it.
Yep, but importantly "pigeon" and "dove" are not exactly interchangeable words, there is just no consensus for which is which.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae