C10 Pigeons - C10 Pigeons Sunday, July 12, 2015 2:31 PM...

Family: Columbidae •
Order: Columbiformes •
Dove: smaller
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Pigeon: larger
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Pigeonsvs doves: no scientific taxonomic basis fordistinguishing •
Squabs: youngdoves/pigeons •
Strongflight ability
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Worldwide distribution •
Shadesof gray and brown, tovery colorful •
Fruits, seeds, or fresh green leaves •
Drink water by suckingup in one continuous draft •
Diet
Flimsynests made of twigs/vegetative material •
Foundin trees, onledges, or in groundborrows •
Monogamouspairfor breeding season/life •
Lay 1 - 2 eggs •
Altricial chicks •
Nests
Controlled by hormone prolactin •
Milk is producedin the crop and/or esophagus •
More nutritiousthan human/cow
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Greater fat/protein
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Highly nutritious •
Not a secretedsolution •
MilkProduction
305 species of extant pigeons •
20%consideredthreatened •
9 critically endangered •
Current State of PigeonSpeciesWorldwide
C10 Pigeons
Sunday, July 12, 2015 2:31 PM

12 speciesextinct •
Caused by overhunting(market hunting)
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Traveled/mated in large groups
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26 dovesin NA; 13 in US •
Passengerpigeonmost abundant bird to extinction
Most widespreadnative species •
Year-roundresident •
All terrestrial systems •
Hunting of the mourning dove is ALLOWED •
High reproductive rate •
MourningDove
Introducedspecies •
Has been in the US the longest •
Domesticatedand feral pigeonsoriginatedfromthe blue barred rock dove •
Rock Dove
Not Native to US •
Commonlykept pet species that has escaped captivity andestablished feral
populations
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Urbanand agricultural habitats •
Grain diet •
Larger than MourningDove •
MourningDoves lack the black colored half collar •