Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rotsduif |
| Albanian | Pëllumbi i egër i shkëmbit |
| Arabic | حمام صخري |
| Armenian | Թխակապույտ աղավնի |
| Asturian | Palombu bravu |
| Azerbaijani | Çöl göyərçini |
| Basque | Haitz-usoa |
| Bulgarian | Скален гълъб |
| Catalan | Colom roquer |
| Chinese | 野鴿 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 原鸽 |
| Croatian | divlji golub |
| Czech | holub skalní |
| Danish | Klippedue |
| Dutch | Rotsduif |
| English | Rock Pigeon |
| English (Australia) | Rock Dove |
| English (HAW) | Manu nūnū - Rock Pigeon |
| English (India) | Rock Pigeon (Blue Rock Pigeon) |
| English (UK) | Rock Dove |
| English (United States) | Rock Pigeon |
| Faroese | Bládúgva |
| Finnish | kalliokyyhky |
| French | Pigeon biset |
| French (French Guiana) | Pigeon biset |
| Galician | Pomba brava |
| German | Felsentaube |
| Greek | Αγριοπερίστερο |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Pijon |
| Hebrew | יונת סלעים |
| Hungarian | Szirti galamb |
| Icelandic | Bjargdúfa |
| Indonesian | Merpati batu |
| Italian | Piccione selvatico |
| Japanese | カワラバト |
| Korean | 집비둘기 |
| Latvian | Klinšu balodis |
| Lithuanian | Uolinis karvelis/Naminis karvelis |
| Mongolian | Хөхвөр тагтаа |
| Norwegian | klippedue |
| Odia | ଘୁମୁରା ପାରା |
| Persian | کبوتر چاهی |
| Polish | gołąb skalny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pombo-doméstico |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pombo-doméstico |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pombo-das-rochas |
| Portuguese (RAM) | Pombo-da-rocha |
| Romanian | Porumbel de stâncă |
| Russian | Сизый голубь |
| Serbian | Divlji ili domaći golub |
| Slovak | holub divý |
| Slovenian | Skalni golob |
| Spanish | Paloma Bravía |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Paloma Bravía |
| Spanish (Chile) | Paloma doméstica |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Paloma Doméstica |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Paloma mensajera o doméstica |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Paloma Bravía |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Paloma Doméstica |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Paloma de Castilla |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Paloma Común |
| Spanish (Panama) | Paloma Bravía |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Paloma doméstica |
| Spanish (Peru) | Paloma Doméstica |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Paloma Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Paloma bravía |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Paloma Doméstica |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Paloma Doméstica |
| Swedish | klippduva |
| Thai | นกพิราบป่า |
| Turkish | Kaya Güvercini |
| Ukrainian | Голуб сизий |
Columba livia "Gmelin, JF", 1789
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Authors
Peter E. Lowther and Richard F. Johnston
Recommended Citation
Lowther, P. E. and R. F. Johnston (2020). Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rocpig.01
Birds of North America
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Version 2.0
- Revision
- April 4, 2014
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Authors
Peter E. Lowther and Richard F. Johnston
Revisors
Peter E. Lowther
Recommended Citation
Lowther, P. E. and R. F. Johnston (2014). Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.13
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Print Version (requires subscription to access)
- January 1, 1992
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Recommended Citation
Johnston, R. F. 1992. Rock Dove. In The Birds of North America, No. 13 (A. Poole, P. Stettenheim, and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union. https://doi.org/10.2173/tbna.13.p
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 14, 2017
- Rock Dove Columba livia
Authors
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Baptista, L. F., P. W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, and P. F. D. Boesman (2017). Rock Dove (Columba livia). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.