A homing pigeon is just a variety of rock pigeon. A rock pigeon lives for 3 to 5 years in the wild, but for around 15 years in captivity.
Similar in size, if you mean common pigeon as the rock dove.
Columbia livia. Common rock dove in the wild. Homing pigeon is one of several varieties of domesticated rock doves.
Europe. Introduced worldwide.
the rock dove.
rock called basalt
The rock pigeon's scientific name is Columba livia.
pigeon
The name for the type of pigeon you see all over cities is the Rock Pigeon. It's scientific name is "Columba livia".
The scientific name for a pigeon is columba guinea
The homing pigeon is a variety of domestic pigeon derived from the Rock Pigeon selectively bred to find its way home over long distance
A long time ago, this was a place where the pigeons were able to nest and nothing could disrupt them. It has changed now but the name remains as the place where all the pigeons nested.