#0572 · 🐦 birds

Rock Pigeon

🇳🇱 Rotsduif ·Columba livia

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Andrew Reding · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Nik Borrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Константин Самодуров · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
6. © Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Dave Halley · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Caroline H. S. · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © kasikog · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Troy Parla · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

:624 In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon".

base stats

NL sightings 1,800iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 468,846iNaturalist observations
weight 294 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,800 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #41 most seen of the birds in NL.
468,846 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 294 g.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).