well, they sure are impressive, and it explains why they are always hungry, but my favourite bird, without doubt, is the common eurasian blackbird, because they sing such pretty songs and chatter across the forest and the way they dart around furtively is comical af - and now i'm living here in the atlantic, i get the distinct impression they are closely related to canaries, you just have to watch the way they fly, they do this intermittent thing and spend most of their airtime diving like little rockets, both birds do this, and both of them sing up a storm, and use twittering sounds to signal each other of danger

the pigeon is probably the king of birds overall though, i don't think there is one place i've ever been without them, like cats, perhaps, they prefer exactly the kind of environment we have and their energy budget requires them to stay close to ample food supplies