Rock Dove Columba livia [JF Gmelin, 1789] |
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Order:
Columbiformes
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Family: Columbidae |
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BTO Codes:
DV, ROCDO
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EURING No: 6650 | |
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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 |
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World Distribution:
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Originally Eurasia & n Africa |
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Habitat:
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Cliffs, caves & eaves |
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Diet:
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Seeds of cereals and weeds; feral birds also take scraps extensively |
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TitBit:
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The ancestor of all feral pigeons (and domesticated pigeons, of which Darwin counted 228 distinct varieties), 'pure' Rock Doves probably now only exist in the wildest corners of northern Europe and Asia, where they nest on sheer sea-cliffs. |
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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:
10th Century
[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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European Population Size:
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Summer:
6.8 to 10 million pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(II*), Bern(III)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
39 x 29 mm
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Egg Weight: 17.8 g (of which 6 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
41
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Clutch Size:
2 eggs
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Incubation:
16- 19 days
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by the: Male + Female |
Fledging:
35 - 37days
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as:
Altricial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
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Number of Broods:
5+
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Number Ringed:
62
(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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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
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Wing Length
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Adult: | 229.3 ± 7.1 | Range | 218 - 241 mm, N =58 | ||
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Weight
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Adult: | 359.6 ± 43.06 | Range | 299.0 - 441.0 g , N =57 | ||
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Other Names |
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| Common / Feral Pigeon | |
| Gaelic: Calman-creige | Welsh: Colomen Ddôf |
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Danish:
Klippedue
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Dutch: Rotsduif |
| Finnish: Kalliokyyhky | French: Pigeon biset |
| German: Felsentaube | Hungarian: Szirti galamb |
| Icelandic: Bjargdúfa |
Irish:
Colm Aille
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| Italian: Piccione selvatico | Norwegian: Klippedue |
| Polish: Golab skalny | Portuguese: Pombo-das-rochas |
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Spanish:
Paloma bravía
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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
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
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BOU Register of Avian Theses entry
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