Here are 12 bizarre pigeon breeds that differ greatly from their wild ancestors ... The Saxon fairy swallow is famed for its markings and the whopping three layers of feathers on its feet.

Have you ever seen a slender bird dressed in green, flying silently through the trees? And wandered who that green beauty was ...

Others, like the Bokhara trumpeter, look like their head was chopped off and they squished another pigeon beneath their ostentatiously-feathered feet. (An English trumpeter is featured above.) 9.

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But this new pigeon—a 16-foot tall aluminum version—is impossible to ignore. Called “Dinosaur,” this colossal pigeon has perched on the High Line, replacing the previous Old Tree sculpture .

The young pigeon's feet are swollen, bound up in a tangle of long, dark human hairs and cotton threads – the detritus of city life, picked up over many months of walking alongside pedestrians.