Fact Card
COMMON NAME: Rock Pigeon
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Columba livia
TYPE: Introduced
DIET: Plant matter: chiefly fruits and grains
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Columbiformes / FAMILY – Columbidae / GENUS – Columba
Video: Rock Pigeon
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IUCN Red List Status
Additional Photographs
Fijian Commemorative Postage Stamp
References
- [Andrew Spencer]. (2019, June 26). Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia (Feral Pigeon) [Audio]. Mdacaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/174742101i
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2014, May 15). Rock Pigeon Columba livia [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201394641
- IICN (2016, October 1). Rock Dove Columba livia. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 8, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22690066/155493121
- Rock dove. (2023, August 26). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_dove
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
