# @pghcitypaper on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C7UgArmv_Jd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17946207-pghcitypaper-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-05-23T18:02:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pittsburgh City Paper (@pghcitypaper) — https://gondola.cc/pghcitypaper

## Caption

Hello, you colorful, majestic Nicobar Pigeon, our friend at the National Aviary!

Fun facts about this guy for #PigeonWeek:

🪶Genetically, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative to the extinct Dodo.
🪶Nicobar Pigeons have exceptionally beautiful and long, iridescent feathers (called hackles) that drape down over their shoulders, making them easier to spot in the National Aviary’s Tropical Rainforest habitat.
🪶If they sense danger Nicobar Pigeons will try to scare off an intruder by making a pig-like grunt. 🐷

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