Rock Dove Columba livia [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Columbiformes
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Family: Columbidae |
BTO Codes:
DV, ROCDO
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EURING No: 6650 | |
Number in Britain:
100 thousand pairs (Summer)
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(AC4) Resident Breeder
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Subspecies:
livia recorded in Britain (of 9 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
32 cm
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Wingspan: 66 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 300 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: columba=a pigeon or dove and Mod. L.: liveus=bluish-grey |
World Distribution:
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Originally Eurasia & n Africa |
Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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Summer:
100 thousand pairs
in 1968-72
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First Record:
Recorded in Medieval times
[Fossil evidence from
Devensian (last) glaciation, 10-120,000 yr ago]
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Conservation Status:
GREEN
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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| No habitat data from BBS | ||||
European Population Size:
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Summer:
6.8 to 10 million pairs
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| Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas | ||||
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(II*), Bern(III)
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
0.665
± 0.049
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Juvenile Survival:
0.570 (in First-Year)
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Age at First Breeding:
1
year
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Typical Lifespan:
3
years
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Maximum Recorded Age:
7 years 8 months 25 days (set in 2010)
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| Read a summary of Ringing Recoveries | |
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Other Names |
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| Common / Feral Pigeon | |
| Gaelic: Calman-creige | Welsh: Colomen Ddôf |
| Danish: Klippedue | Dutch: Rotsduif |
| Finnish: Kalliokyyhky | French: Pigeon biset |
| German: Felsentaube | Hungarian: Szirti galamb |
| Icelandic: Bjargdúfa | Irish: Colm Aille |
| Italian: Piccione selvatico | Norwegian: Klippedue |
| Polish: Golab skalny | Portuguese: Pombo-das-rochas |
| Spanish: Paloma bravía | Swedish: Klippduva |
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For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Goodwin, D. 1983 Pigeons and doves of the world (3rd ed) Cornell University Press, Ithaca [598.623 GOO] | |
| See Also: | |
Find scientific papers on Google Scholar
or Scirus by clicking the icon
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
| Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead | |
| BOU Register of Avian Theses entry | |
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