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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/11
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
200 mm
ISO
100
Metering Mode
Average
Shutter Speed Value
1/250 sec
Date/Time
Mon 28 Apr 2008 04:51:45 AM EDT
English Rock Dove
Scientific (Columba livia)
Order COLUMBIFORMES
Family (Latin) Columbidae
Family (English) Pigeons, Doves
Other name(s) Common Pigeon, Rock DoveI, Pigeon Biset
Breeding Regions Worldwide
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,American Samoa,Andorra,Angola,Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Armenia, Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahamas,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Barbados,Belarus,Belgium,Belize, Bermuda,Bhutan,Bolivia,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Botswana,Brazil,British Virgin Islands,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Cambodia, Canada,Cape Verde,Cayman Islands,Chad,Chile,China,Colombia,Comoros,Cook Islands,Costa Rica, Croatia,Cuba,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti,Dominica,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland, Egypt,El Salvador,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland,France,French Guiana,French Polynesia,Gabon, Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Grenada,Guam,Guatemala,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Hong Kong,Hungary,Iceland,India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Iran, Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Jamaica,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kiribati, Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Latvia,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania, Luxembourg,Macao,Macedonia,Madagascar,Malaysia,Maldives,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Mauritius, Mexico,Micronesia,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montserrat,Morocco,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia, Nepal,Netherlands,Netherlands Antilles,New Caledonia,Nicaragua,Niger,Nigeria,North Korea,Northern Mariana Islands,Norway, Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Panama,Papua New Guinea,Paraguay,Peru,Poland,Portugal,Puerto Rico, Qatar,Romania,Russia,Saint Helena,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Samoa,San Marino,Sao Tome and Principe,Saudi Arabia, Senegal,Serbia,Seychelles,Singapore,Slovakia,Slovenia,Somalia,South Africa,South Korea,South Sudan, Spain,Sri Lanka,Sudan,Suriname,Swaziland,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan, Thailand,Togo,Tonga,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Turks and Caicos Islands,Uganda,Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,United States - Alaska,United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Vietnam,Virgin Islands, Western Sahara,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
livia w, c Europe, n Africa to c Asia
gymnocycla Mauritania and Senegal to s Mali and Ghana
targia n Mali and s Algeria to c Sudan
dakhlae w Egypt
schimperi e Egypt, s Sudan and Eritrea
palaestinae Sinai Pen. (Egypt) to Syria and w, s Arabian Pen.
gaddi e Turkey to Uzbekistan and w, n Afghanistan
neglecta w Pakistan and e Afghanistan to the Himalayas
intermedia s India and Sri Lanka
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Gmelin, JF, 1789
German Felsentaube
French Pigeon biset
Chinese 原鸽
Japanese カワラバト
Russian Сизый голубь
Spanish Paloma bravía
Portuguese pombo-doméstico / pombo-das-rochas
Bird Data App text Common in cities, and now found almost worldwide.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)