Rock Dove
Columba livia - Pigeon biset
Description identification
Subspecific information 9 subspecies
- Columba livia livia (w and c Europe, n Africa to c Asia)
- Columba livia gymnocycla (Mauritania and Senegal to s Mali and Ghana)
- Columba livia targia (n Mali and s Algeria to c Sudan)
- Columba livia dakhlae (w Egypt)
- Columba livia schimperi (e Egypt, s Sudan, Eritrea)
- Columba livia palaestinae (Sinai Pen.. Egypt. to Syria, w and s Arabian Pen.)
- Columba livia gaddi (e Turkey to Uzbekistan and w and n Afghanistan)
- Columba livia neglecta (w Pakistan and e Afghanistan to the Himalayas)
- Columba livia intermedia (s India, Sri Lanka)
Foreign names
- Pigeon biset,
- Paloma Bravía,
- Pombo-doméstico,
- Felsentaube,
- Szirti galamb,
- Rotsduif,
- Piccione selvatico,
- Klippduva,
- Klippedue,
- holub divý,
- holub skalní,
- Klippedue,
- kalliokyyhky (kesykyyhky),
- Tuinduif,
- colom roquer,
- Bjargdúfa,
- gołąb skalny,
- klinšu balodis,
- skalni golob,
- Сизый голубь,
- Merpati batu,
- カワラバト ドバト,
- 原鸽,
- นกพิราบป่า,
- 原鴿,
Habitat
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v7.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017.
Other sources of interest

- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes