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Rock Pigeon [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans]
Columba livia [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans] (= Columba livia livia) Gmelin, JF 1789
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Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
Genus:
Columba
Scientific:
Columba livia livia
Classification
Order:Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
Genus:
Columba
Scientific:
Columba livia livia
Original description
Citation:
Gmelin, JF 1789
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2
1 pt2 p.769
Protonym:
Columba domestica livia
Type locality:
No type locality = southern Europe.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/270/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
13873749D6DA18D9
Avibase ID:
avibase-13873749
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/13873749
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 676968
Geographic range:
- Columba livia livia: Western Palearctic
- Columba livia canariensis: Canary Islands and islands off Morocco
- Columba livia atlantis: Madeira, Azores, and Cape Verde Islands
- Columba livia nigricans: Mongolia and northern China (Shanxi, Jilin, and Gansu)
Source: Clements checklist
Rock Pigeon [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans]
French:
Pigeon biset [livia, canariensis, atlantis ou nigricans]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Rock Pigeon [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans] ( Columba livia [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Rock Pigeon [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans] ( Columba livia [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Rock Pigeon [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans] ( Columba livia [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Rock Pigeon [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans] ( Columba livia [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans]) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Columba livia livia [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Columba livia
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: Rock Pigeon [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans]
French: Pigeon biset (livia), Pigeon biset [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans], Pigeon biset [livia, canariensis, atlantis ou nigricans]
Scientific: Columba livia [livia, canariensis, atlantis or nigricans], Columba livia livia
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