Columba livia Gmelin 1789 (rock pigeon)

Aves - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Belongs to Columba according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Alcover 1989, Bedetti and Pavia 2007, Bedetti and Pavia 2013, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Mlikovsky 2002, Pavia and Bedetti 2003, Salotti et al. 1997, Weesie 1988 and Worthy 1997

Sister taxa: Columba janthina, Columba junoniae, Columba melitensis, Columba micula, Columba oenas, Columba omnisanctorum, Columba palumbus, Columba pisana, Columba thiriouxi, Columba vitiensis

Ecology: volant frugivore-granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (3 collections), Greece (6), Italy (8), Monaco (1), New Zealand (3), Portugal (1), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of Spain (1)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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