A Nicobar Pigeon is one of the illustrations of an article about diseases
carried by pigeons reproduced here
<https://www.beautyofbirds.com/pigeonassociateddiseases.html>. However the
point of the article is to note that there have been very few instances of
transfer from pigeons to people.
Martin Butterfield
http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
On 8 May 2017 at 07:02, Phil Gregory <> wrote:
> I was under the impression its fate was already decided, Anthea. Apparently
> it's on a list of dangerous species.
> Is this correct? Why on earth should a quite rare species like Nicobar
> Pigeon be deemed dangerous? I can only assume it’s some paranoia about
> disease, in which case all migrant shorebirds and vagrants should be culled
> immediately to keep us all safe.
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