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Columba livia
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Suborder
Family
Genus
Species
Nomenclatural_Code
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Neornithes
Columbiformes
Columbae
Columbidae
Columba
livia
ICZN
Name Authority:
data migration
Common Name(s):
No common names recorded.
Related Publications:
No related publications recorded.
Cited MCZ Specimens:
MCZ:Orn:364335
Additional Material p. 6 in
Jung et al. 2025
Synonyms and other Related Names:
No related names recorded.
Related Taxon Records:
Parent Genus:
Columba
Related: 29 species, 6 subspecies
Congeneric Species:
Columba albitorques
Columba araucana
Columba caribaea
Columba cayennensis
Columba cruziana
Columba elphinstonii
Columba eversmanni
Columba fasciata
Columba flavirostris
Columba gymnophtalmos
Columba hodgsonii
Columba jouji
Columba leucocephala
Columba maculosa
Columba nigrirostris
Columba norfolciensis
Columba oenops
Columba oliviae
Columba palumbus
Columba passerina
Columba pulchricollis
Columba punicea
Columba purpureotincta
Columba rufina
Columba speciosa
Columba squamosa
Columba subvinacea
Columba torringtoni
Columba unicincta
Subspecies:
Columba livia canariensis
Columba livia intermedia
Strickland, 1844
Columba livia livia
Gmelin, 1789
Columba livia neglecta
Hume, 1873
Columba livia palaestinae
Zedlitz, 1912
Columba livia schimperi
Bonaparte, 1854
Media:
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3298
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