Species profile—Columba livia (rock dove)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Columbidae (pigeons and doves) → Columba livia (rock dove)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
- Scientific name
- Columba livia Gmelin, 1789
- Common name
- rock dove
- Type reference
- Gmelin, G.F. (1789). Systema Naturae, & c. Linneai, Caroli. Edito decima tertia, aucta reformata, cura J. F. Gmelin.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1804
- Alternate name(s)
- pigeon
feral pigeon
rock pigeon
homing pigeon
domestic pigeon - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1804.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
