Animals / Bird

Rock dove

Columba livia · Columbidae

The rock dove, also known as the common pigeon or rock pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae. In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon", although the rock dove is the wild form of the bird; the pigeons familiar to most people are the domesticated forms of the wild rock dove.

Where the Rock dove lives

Recorded in India, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Portugal and France (North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania).

Introduced, not native, in United States of America, Canada and Ashmore and Cartier Is..

Most records fall in Västra Götaland, Stockholm, Jönköping, Västerbotten and Skåne.

See the Rock dove’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 15,615,465 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.