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Columba livia (rock pigeon)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Columba livia was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Columba livia Gmelin
1927Columba livia Boule and De Villeneuve p. 85
1988Columba livia Weesie p. 29 figs. Pl 6, figs 12-14
1989Columba livia Alcover p. 98
1997Columba livia Worthy p. 106
2002Columba livia Mlikovsky p. 221
2003Columba livia Pavia and Bedetti p. 165 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,7
2007Columba livia Bedetti and Pavia p. 497 figs. Pl 2, fig E
2013Columba livia Bedetti and Pavia p. 40 figs. Pl 2, figs c-e
2017Columba livia Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusColumba
speciesliviaGmelin 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Columba livia Gmelin 1789 [rock pigeon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:14:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain Columba livia (125326)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Columba livia (194929)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Columba livia (183123)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Columba livia (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Columba livia (197789 197790)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Columba livia (205228 205229 213667 221565)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Columba livia (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Columba livia (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Columba livia (197928)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Columba livia (69062)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Columba livia (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Columba livia (194932 194933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Columba livia (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Columba livia (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Columba livia (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Columba livia (51552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Columba livia (192949 192957 192959 192965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Columba livia (197938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Columba livia (182709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Columba livia (215388 215403 215415)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Columba livia (215376)