A purple, head-banging bird is everywhere now. It's on Facebook, YouTube, in the comments on New York Times stories and even in your texts. The popular pigeon has become a meme monster.

Now, with fears of a Meme War II on the horizon, the two political sides are fighting to control the narrative of Trash Dove, the purple bird that’s being spammed all over Facebook this week.

The rise of Trash Dove has already been documented by the meme experts at Know Your Meme ... I feel like it’s fairly obvious — birds are funny, and flailing is a common response to the ...

Facebook was abuzz this weekend with a cartoon image of a purple pigeon. It took over meme pages in the space ... What is this bird, and where did it come from? That’s one what user on Reddit ...

In February 2017, a GIF of a flailing purple dove from a Facebook sticker ... in Thailand after appearing in a Thai Facebook page for memes and began quickly spreading across Asia, which meant ...

so it became a funny meme based on that." Article continues below Content cannot be displayed without consent But another thought that it was simply down to the crazy flapping of the purple bird ...

Have you spotted a purple bird popping up in your social media timeline? If not, it will be only a matter of time before this weird little fellow is as familiar on your feed as a thumbs-up.

IF YOU are one who enjoys reading the comments on Facebook posts, chances are you have come across a headbanging purple bird. The meaning of the purple bird is very confusing with the meme going ...

It prompted a flurry of media attention in Thailand. Weiler later thanked Thailand for making the purple bird a meme with a drawing of Trash Dove holding the Thai flag with its foot. When ...