Rock Dove

Columba livia

Everyone knows Rock Doves, better known as pigeons, as city birds that subsist on handouts or country birds that nest in pigeon cotes on farms. Few have seen them nesting in their ancestral home on cliff ledges or high among rocks. Over the centuries, these birds have evolved many color patterns.

Look For : Our most common pigeon. Color varies: white to rusty to blue-gray to black; rounded tail and white rump.

Length : 13 1/2".

Habitat : Cities, suburbs, farms.

Range : Widespread.