Rock Dove
Columba livia
Urban. Many individuals of this variable pigeon have glossy-green neck feathers.
Doves, Pigeons
LC
Indroduced Species
Description
Common to abundant resident. An introduced species. Very well known and highly variable in colour. A wild-living domestic breed descended from the Rock Dove of North Africa and Europe. Main colour morphs shown, but many combinations also occur including pure white, white with dark head and dark grey with white head. Calls ‘coo-roo-coo’. Mainly occurs in larger towns, where it is very tame. Dependent on human habitation but flocks may frequent cliffs, mine shafts and farmlands.
Quick Facts
Size
33 cm - M
Names
A: Tuinduif
Z: ijuba ledolobha
G: Haustaube
Bird Family
A well-known group of mostly seed-eating, terrestrial (except for the arboreal fruit-feeding pigeons) birds that build flimsy stick platform nests in trees. The distinction between pigeons and doves is ill-defined: larger species tend to be called pigeons, smaller ones doves. Immatures are dull versions of the adults. Many species become very common and tame near human habitation.
Distribution
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Behaviour
Breeding
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