Least ConcernRock Pigeon
Columba livia
One of the 2 doves on WAnimals
Birds · Columbiformes · Columbidae
Streptopelia decaocto
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It underwent one of the fastest and most spectacular range expansions of any bird of the 20th century, colonising practically the whole of Europe from the Balkans in a few decades.
Weight
125 g – 240 g
Size
32 cm on average
Life expectancy
17 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Sources consulted: A-Z Animals · EDDMapS · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · Wikipedia (Eurasian collared dove) · PMC (Trichomonas gallinae study) · PMC (mtDNA genetic diversity retraction)
Best time: All year round in villages, parks and gardens; its three-note cooing can be heard through almost the whole year.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 133.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Eurasian Collared Dove — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about eurasian collared dove.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
