Rock Pigeon (other)

	Rock Pigeon (other) Rock pigeon may refer to: * '' Petrophassa'', an Australian genus of terrestrial pigeons Chestnut-quilled rock pigeon ''Petrophassa rufipennis'' White-quilled rock pigeon ''Petrophassa albipennis'' * Rock dove The rock dove (''Columba livia''), also sometimes known as "rock pigeon" or "common pigeon", is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon", although the rock dov ... (''Columba livia''), commonly called a rock pigeon, a Eurasian species introduced worldwide * Speckled pigeon (''Columba guinea''), an African species {{Disambiguation Animal common name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Petrophassa ''Petrophassa'', commonly known as the rock pigeons, is a small genus of doves in the family Columbidae native to Australia, and similar to bronzewing pigeons. The genus was introduced in 1841 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould with the white-quilled rock pigeon (''Petrophassa albipennis'') as the type species. The genus name is a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek words ''petros,'' meaning "rock", and ''phassa,'' meaning "pigeon". The genus contains two species: They are not closely related to '' Columba livia'', the rock dove (also called rock pigeon), a species which includes the domestic and feral A feral (; ) animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals. As with an introduced species, the introduction of feral animals or plants to non-native regions may disrupt ecosystems and has, in som ... pigeons as well as the wild species native to Europe, North Africa and Asia. References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon (''Petrophassa rufipennis'') is a dark sooty brown pigeon with a distinctive bright chestnut patch on its wing visible in flight. It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye. A species of bird in the family Columbidae, it is very similar in behaviour and habitat to the white-quilled rock pigeon but it is only found on rocky escarpments in western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Taxonomy and systematics The chestnut-quilled rock pigeon was observed by the German naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt near the head of the South Alligator River in the Northern Territory of Australia, on 11 November 1845 while on a journey to Port Essington but no specimen was collected. The species was formally described and illustrated in 1898 by the Norwegian naturalist Robert Collett based on a specimen that had been collected from the same locality by the explorer Knut Dahl. Collett coined the binomial name ''Petr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	White-quilled Rock Pigeon The white-quilled rock pigeon (''Petrophassa albipennis'') is a dark brown rock pigeon with a white patch on its wing. It has distinctive pale lines across its face curving above and below its eye. It is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a rock dweller found roosting on sandstone cliffs and towers in the Kimberley, WA and east of the Victoria River, NT. It is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy and systematics There are two species of rock pigeon in Australia, the white-quilled and the chestnut-quilled. Their name reflects their habitat specialisation of sandstone gorges and rocky escarpments. ''Petrophassa albipennis'' was identified and named by John Gould in 1841. It reflects the aptness of the name that no alternatives have ever been recorded. The genus name derives from Greek words: ''petros'' meaning rock (its preferred habitat) and ''phassa'' a wild pigeon giving ''Petrophassa,'' and the species name derives from the Latin ''albus'' meaning dull white an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rock Dove The rock dove (''Columba livia''), also sometimes known as "rock pigeon" or "common pigeon", is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon", although the rock dove is the wildlife, wild form of the bird; the pigeons familiar to most people are the domesticated forms of the wild rock dove. Wild rock doves are uniformly pale grey with two black bars on each wing, with few differences being seen between males and females; i.e. they are not strongly sexually dimorphic. The domestic pigeon (often, but invalidly, called "''Columba livia domestica''"), which includes about List of pigeon breeds, 1,000 different breeds, is descended from this species. Escaped domestic pigeons are the origin of feral pigeons around the world. Both forms can Domestic pigeon#Markings, vary widely in the colour and pattern of their plumage unlike their wild ancestor, being red, brown, checkered, uniformly coloured, or pied. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Speckled Pigeon The speckled pigeon (''Columba guinea''), also African rock pigeon or Guinea pigeon, is a pigeon that is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara. It is a common and widespread species in open habitats over much of its range, although there are sizable gaps in its distribution. Taxonomy In 1747 the English naturalist George Edwards included a description and an illustration of the speckled pigeon in the second volume of his ''A Natural History of Uncommon Birds''. His hand-coloured etching was made from two live birds at the home of the Duke of Richmond in London. Edwards was told that the pigeons had been brought from the inland region of Guinea in West Africa. When in 1758 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his ''Systema Naturae'' for the tenth edition, he placed the speckled pigeon with all the other pigeons in the genus ''Columba''. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name ''Columba guinea'' and cited Edwards' work. Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]