Columba livia  Gmelin, JF, 1789

Rock Dove
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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
Species: livia
  • Common names: Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon
  • Thai names: นกพิราบป่า
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Columba livia livia: Western Palearctic
    Columba livia palaestinae: Palestine, Sinai and Arabia to Aden and Oman
    Columba livia gaddi: Iran to Azerbaijan, Transcaspia, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
    Columba livia targia: Central Sahara to central Sudan
    Columba livia dakhlae: Egypt (Dakhla and Kharga oases)
    Columba livia schimperi (schimperi): Nile Valley to Khartoum; Red Sea Hills of e Egypt to n Eritrea
    Columba livia schimperi (butleri): Red Sea Province and Egyptian Sudan
    Columba livia neglecta: Mountains of central Asia
    Columba livia canariensis: Canary Islands and islands off Morocco
    Columba livia atlantis: Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde Islands
    Columba livia gymnocycla: Mauritania, Mali and Ghana; coastal Senegambia and Guinea
    Columba livia intermedia: Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
    Columba livia nigricans: Mongolia and n China (Shanxi, Jilin and Gansu)
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population decreasing. ​​[2]
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
Columba livia image location map.jpg
Image locations
Images of Columba livia from Thailand.
Columba livia Rock Dove Huay Keaw Waterfall Chiang Mai Dec 2019.jpg
Columba livia Rock Dove, Huay Keaw Waterfall, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, Dec 2019
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed -- July 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2019. Columba livia (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T22690066A155493121. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690066A155493121.en. Downloaded on 12 July 2020.​
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​​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.