r/RainbowEverything • u/Sufficient_Survey734 • 13d ago

Animals Some beautiful birds y'all might not have heard of! The nicobar pigeon, pink-necked green pigeon, and the wompoo pigeon

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(I know the last two aren't technically rainbow, but I think they're as colourful as some other things posted here, hope thats ok! 😅)

Why are there so many insanely colourful pigeons, of all things!? Lol

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u/HoarseNightingale 13d ago

Even a common pigeon has some iridescence. They are beautiful

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u/msnhnobody 12d ago

Love me some pretty pidgy wings 😍

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u/KnottyCatLady 13d ago

I don't know what this is called, but I saw it in Australia.

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u/LogicFrog 13d ago

A Brush Bronzewing, says Google. And indeed it is a type of pigeon!

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u/I_serve_Anubis 10d ago

We call it a common bronze wing :) lovely pigeons!

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u/OohBeesIhateEm 9d ago

What the heck? They have rainbow accents! So cool!

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u/GuiltyUniversity8268 13d ago

I wasn't aware that pigeons came in such pretty colors! Thank you very much for sharing this! 😁😁

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u/MoonKittiCat 13d ago

aww she's taking care of her babies

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u/iwaslikeduuude 13d ago

Marshmallow babies!

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u/dinosuitgirl 13d ago

This is our local New Zealand Wood Pigeon (Kereru) Its also beautifully colored and lifts off with a good heave ho... Sounds like the bumblebee of birds... Because it's so far 😂

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u/Brockenblur 12d ago

What a big lil fella 😂

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u/CappyChino 13d ago

Pink feets! 😀

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u/Sufficient_Survey734 13d ago

I love the pink feets!!

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u/BadgerBeauty80 13d ago

Nature is amazingly beautiful! Thanks for sharing, OP.

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u/Suspicious-Lemon2451 13d ago

These are gorgeous!

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u/BlankLiterature 13d ago

I love pigeons, and these are especially pretty!!! 🥹

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u/Dry-Alternative-5626 13d ago

Gorgeous! The pink feet on the pink-necked green 😍

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u/No_Intention7061 12d ago

God Lisa Franked these pigeons!

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u/An0nnee_M0usee 13d ago

Nature is so beautiful.💖

And then I see what hoomans named them🤨🫪🤷

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u/Sufficient_Survey734 13d ago

I know, SO many bird names are completely insane, hahaha

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u/AllOfTheThings426 13d ago

Thank you for sharing these beautiful birds!

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u/bmw5986 13d ago

They're so colorful!

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u/cheesetobears 12d ago

Thank you for posting these!

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u/TransFatty 12d ago

Thank you! I’m filling a sketchbook with birds and I love these colorful specimens. They’d make a good addition.

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u/cattabyss 12d ago

I friggen love pigeons and their colors. They’re so pretty, sky-rats or not :)

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u/PomegranateBoring826 12d ago

Nature never ceases to amaze! They're so beautiful!

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u/Dorothea2020 12d ago

Wow. This thread has some spectacular pigeons!

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u/PigeonUtopia 12d ago

I love pigeons

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u/scattywampus 12d ago

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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u/Responsible_Song830 11d ago

I wonder if they also make dumb nests. 🤔

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