Well, I have heard that if the eye is in focus, then nothing else matters. It is interesting how the personality of a bird is part of the species. I generally have an idea of how close I can get to a particular species before it gets alarmed. This pigeon looks a lot like the common Rock Pigeon, but the behaviour is totally different,and it is hard to approach. This photo was taken in a horrible place, the zoo in Rocha, Uruguay.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)