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Rock Pigeon

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Decreasing

Alternate Names

Feral Pigeon, Rock Dove, Blue Rock Pigeon, Common Pigeon

Native Habitat

Woodland, Town

Diet

Cereals, Pulses

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Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

The Rock Pigeon has a dark bluish-gray head, neck, and chest with glossy yellowish, greenish, and reddish-purple iridescence along its neck and wing feathers. The iris is orange, red or golden with a paler inner ring, and the bare skin round the eye is bluish-grey. The bill is grey-black with a conspicuous off-white cere, and the feet are purplish-red.

Regional Names
  • Bengali:
    জালালি কবুতর, জালালী কৈতর, গোলা পায়রা
  • French:
    Pigeon biset
  • Gujarati:
    કબૂતર
  • Kannada:
    ಪಾರಿವಾಳ
  • Malayalam:
    മാടപ്രാവ്
  • Marathi:
    कबूतर, पारवा
  • Nepali:
    मलेवा
  • Oriya:
    ପାରା
  • Sanskrit:
    कपोत, नील कपोत
  • Tamil:
    மாடப்புறா
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Taxanomy

COLUMBIFORMES
COLUMBIDAE
Columba livia

Quick Facts
  • Chicks suck regurgitated pigeon milk.
  • When the Rock Pigeon walks, its head nod back and forth, since the pigeons have monocular vision rather than binocular vision they nod their heads for the depth of perception.