homing pigeon
variety of domestic pigeon selectively bred to find its way home over extremely long distances
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homing pigeon
Summary
homing pigeon is a group of domestic(ated) pigeons[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of group_of_domestic_ated_pigeons entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,090 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- homing pigeon's image is recorded as Postduif01.JPG[3].
- homing pigeon's image is recorded as Carrier Pigeon (PSF).jpg[4].
- homing pigeon's instance of is recorded as group of domestic(ated) pigeons[5].
- homing pigeon's GND ID is recorded as 4128924-9[6].
- homing pigeon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85061758[7].
- homing pigeon's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12648605m[8].
- homing pigeon's subclass of is recorded as domesticated pigeon[9].
- homing pigeon's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00561466[10].
- homing pigeon's has use is recorded as pigeon racing[11].
- homing pigeon's has use is recorded as pigeon post[12].
- homing pigeon's has use is recorded as delivery[13].
- homing pigeon's Commons category is recorded as Homing pigeons[14].
- homing pigeon's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 40530[15].
- homing pigeon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dcmw[16].
- homing pigeon's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph475839[17].
- homing pigeon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Homing pigeons[18].
- homing pigeon's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 636.596[19].
- homing pigeon's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10640862[20].
- homing pigeon's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 7886[21].
- homing pigeon's Iconclass notation is recorded as 46E32[22].
- homing pigeon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
- homing pigeon's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24].
- homing pigeon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/carrier-pigeon[25].
- homing pigeon's YSO ID is recorded as 27894[26].
- homing pigeon's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19925984[27].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for homing pigeon include Icedove[28], an Iceweasel[29].
Why It Matters
homing pigeon ranks in the top 9% of group_of_domestic_ated_pigeons entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,090 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for it include Icedove[28], an Iceweasel[29].