Rock Dove

Description:

The species is also known as the Rock Pigeon or Blue Rock Dove. In common usage, this bird is still often simply referred to as the "pigeon". It has a dark bluish-gray head, neck, and chest with glossy yellowish, greenish, and reddish-purple iridescence along its neck and wing feathers. The iris is orange, red or golden with a paler inner ring, and the bare skin round the eye is bluish-grey. The bill is grey-black with a conspicuous off-white cere, and the feet are purplish-red. Wild Rock Doves are pale grey with two black bars on each wing, although domestic and feral pigeons are very variable in colour and pattern. There are few visible differences between males and females

Habitat:

Habitats include various open and semi-open environments. Cliffs and rock ledges are used for roosting and breeding in the wild.