Rock Pigeons

• Scientific Name: Columba Livia
• Common Name: Rock Pigeons
• Diet: seeds, garbage
• Color: highly variable
• Size: 12.5 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: town
• Field Identification: white cere above bill, square tail, introduced, red eye
• Nest: saucerlike
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Columba
• Family: Columbidae (doves)
• Order: Columbiformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: livia