And there are over 800 breeds of pigeon ... Armando's $1.3 million pricetag was the record for most expensive racing pigeon sale. As of December 2020, the sale of New Kim for $1.9 million ...

When a Spanish fancier released his eight-month-old pigeon for its very first race, the plan was for it to fly to Majorca from Ibiza, approximately 120 kilometres over the Mediterranean Sea.