Similarly, it insisted to me that a pigeon is the same thing as a mourning dove. Not true! But your case is even more egregious.

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oneeyedpigeon 21 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Homing pigeon has a nice response :)

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meatmanek 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"pigeon" and "dove" are both words for the same family of birds. The bird most people think of with the word "pigeon" is the rock dove (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove) or domesticated / feral variants of it.

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skylurk 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yep, but importantly "pigeon" and "dove" are not exactly interchangeable words, there is just no consensus for which is which.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae

	▲	gilleain 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Toads and frogs are another pair like this, where there is no clear distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog