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Columba livia  J. F. Gmelin, 1789
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177071

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Paloma doméstica [Spanish]
  
    Rock Dove [English]
  
    pigeon biset [French]
  
    Common Pigeon [English]
  
    Rock Pigeon [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderColumbiformes  – Doves, colombes, pigeons, Pigeons  
                            FamilyColumbidae  – Doves, colombes, pigeons  
                               SubfamilyColumbinae   
                                  GenusColumba Linnaeus, 1758 – Pigeons  
                                     SpeciesColumba livia J. F. Gmelin, 1789 – Paloma doméstica, Rock Dove, pigeon biset, Common Pigeon, Rock Pigeon  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia dakhlae R. Meinertzhagen, 1928  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia gaddi Zarudny & Loudon, 1906  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia gymnocycla G. R. Gray, 1856  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia intermedia Strickland, 1844  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia livia J. F. Gmelin, 1789  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia neglecta Hume, 1873  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia palaestinae Zedlitz, 1912  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia schimperi Bonaparte, 1854  
                                        Subspecies Columba livia targia Geyr von Schweppenburg, 1916  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Columba livia    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Columba livia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rock Dove[English], pigeon biset [French]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Columba livia, Rock Pigeon [English]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Paloma doméstica[Spanish]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 10.1), website (version 10.1), website (version 10.1)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2020. IOC World Bird List (v 10.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 01 April, 2020]   
  Reference for: Columba livia, Rock Dove [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Columba livia   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.04.03, website (version 03-Apr-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Columba livia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Columba livia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Columba livia, Common Pigeon [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Africa  
    Caribbean  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Introduced  
    Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
    Central Pacific Territories, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: 'Rock Pigeon' conflicts with established names in Australia for species of Petrophassa; accept BOU choice of classic 'Rock Dove' for this species native to British Isles. 'Feral Pigeon' is available for worldwide introduced populations (IOC List v10.1)  
 

 

    

 
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