H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

Rock Pigeon – Spec. Name: Columba Livia

• Larger and plumper than a Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeons are tubby birds with small heads and short legs. Their wings are broad but pointed wings and the tail is wide and rounded.
  

  Rock Pigeon

• Variable in color, but most birds are bluish gray with two black bands on the wing and a black tip to the tail. Most birds have iridescent throat feathers. Wing patterns may include two bars, dark spots, or can be plain. The tail is usually dark tipped.
• Pigeons often gather in flocks, walking or running on the ground and pecking for food. When alarmed, the flock may suddenly fly into the air and circle several times before coming down again.
• Most people in the world know about the Rock Pigeons, in some places they are so numerous that become a nuisance or a pest.

  

  Madrid, Spain

  

  Chancay, Peru

  

  Zaragoza, Spain

  
  

  

  Rock Pigeon