The Land Birds of Southeast Brazil

Original account 1 · seb_species_0001

Rock Dove

columba livia

Columbidae

From the original CD

Complete decoded account text

31-34 cm. The ancestor of the domestic pigeon. <NHead and rump bluish slaty gray, wing coverts paler. Two black wingbars and black terminal tail bar. Side of neck with purplish green iridescence. Feral domestic pigeons can have diverse color patterns. Advertising call a deep "oorrh oorrh", display call more hurried "oo oo oo oo" ^118 . Feeds on the ground on fruits, offal, etc. Roosts on buildings in large flocks. In the bowing display the male flies to the female with clapping wings and alights close to the female: it follows the female in circles with nodding movements and coo-ing. Common in cities and towns. Does not occur in wooded areas or parks. Also inhabits cliffs and caves and feeds in the open country in agricultural areas in flocks. Throughout. 2312 Boston, MA, USA: 5767 > :

Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved

Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic

Structured account sections

Description

31-34 cm. The ancestor of the domestic pigeon. <NHead and rump bluish slaty gray, wing coverts paler. Two black wingbars and black terminal tail bar. Side of neck with purplish green iridescence. Feral domestic pigeons can have diverse color patterns.

Voice

Advertising call a deep "oorrh oorrh", display call more hurried "oo oo oo oo" ^118 .

Behavior

Feeds on the ground on fruits, offal, etc. Roosts on buildings in large flocks. In the bowing display the male flies to the female with clapping wings and alights close to the female: it follows the female in circles with nodding movements and coo-ing.

Habitat and status

Common in cities and towns. Does not occur in wooded areas or parks. Also inhabits cliffs and caves and feeds in the open country in agricultural areas in flocks.

Distribution

Throughout.

Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative

Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical

Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

  • Disc 3 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 2 in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
  • Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

Historical taxonomy

WORLD

columba livia

Rock Dove

Columbidae

Pigeons,Doves

CLEMENTS

columba livia

Rock Dove

Columbidae(in part)

Pigeons,Doves

AOU_HM

columba livia

Rock Dove

Columbidae(in part)

Pigeons,Doves

Recordings

2312.wav

2312 Boston, MA, USA

Historical relationship: account_audio; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 1.

Classification: high; match: exact_unique.

Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/WAV/2312.wav

Images

Historical image associated with Rock Dove
5767.jpg
5767 >
Historical relationship: account_image; status: retained_v1_0_1; source order: 2.
Classification: high; match: exact_unique.
Recovered path: original-cd/CD03/WBIRD/PICTURE/5767.jpg

Source details

Species ID
seb_species_0001
Account ID
seb_account_0001
Source edition
CD03 / 2006 package
Original taxonomy scheme
WORLD

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Item reference
seb_species_0001
Information status
mixed -- see per-section status labels above