Rock Dove

About this species

This species has 15,577,079 occurrence records from 240 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (45.1%), Canada (10.8%), India (7.1%), the United Kingdom (3.6%) and Spain (3.4%); together they account for 69.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.63% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Columba livia combines the genus name Columba with the species epithet livia. The Warbla app catalog lists 29 species of the genus Columba; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Columba palumbus, Columba oenas and Columba guinea.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 314 species of the family Columbidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Zenaida macroura. Its record count is 52.5 times the family average (296,782). The family Columbidae belongs to the order Columbiformes, which has 314 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Columbidae

• Common Wood Pigeon
• Stock Dove
• Speckled Pigeon
• Mourning Dove
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• White-winged Dove
• Spilopelia chinensis
• Laughing Dove
• Crested Pigeon
• White-tipped Dove

Credits & data sources

• Wikidata
• GBIF.org