‘Hot pigeon’ goes viral, putting NYC’s flock to shame
tweeted on Monday alongside a photo of what looks like a pigeon that’s been dipped in assorted paint colors, but perfectly blended about its body. The now viral tweet and its following thread of pretty pidgey pics and captions — “i’m mesmerized… pink-necked green pigeon,” “so….handsome…” — have racked up over 49,000 likes. So, who is this good-looking fowl? Science writer Rosemary Mosco, who is currently writing a book on pigeons, explains that the viral photo of a “magical rainbow” pigeon is in fact an image of the pink-necked green-pigeon formally known as treron vernans.