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DOMESTIC PIGEON FACTS |
Description
The Domestic Pigeon is usually blue-grey - the common pigeon seen in cities everywhere.
Other Names
Feral Pigeon, Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove
Size
33 cm
Habitat
Often near human habitation - city centre, parks, gardens, farms
Food
seeds, fruit, berries, scraps left by people
Breeding
nest is a sparse platform of twigs on ledge, roof beams of building, under roofing. 2 white oval eggs
Range
common in most towns and cities
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Columbiformes | | Family: | Columbidae | | Genus: | Columba | | Species: | livia | | Common Name: | Domestic Pigeon |
Relatives in same Genus
White-headed Pigeon (C. leucomela)
Metallic Pigeon (C. vitiensis)
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