What is Rock dove?
{{Taxobox | name = Rock dove | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Columba livia Baltasound Shetland 1.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Wild rock doves in [[Shetland]], [[Scotland]]. | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Columbiformes]] | familia = [[dove|Columbidae]] | genus = ''[[Columba (genus)|Columba]]'' | species = '''''C. livia''''' | binomial = ''Columba livia'' | binomial_authority = [[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1789 | range_map=Columba livia distribution map.png | range_map_caption = Distribution. Red: wild range. Pink: domesticated range. }} [[File:Columba livia MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.73.7.jpg|thumb|Rock dove eggs]] The '''rock dove''' (''Columba livia'', also occasionally known as '''rock pigeon,''' '''common pigeon''' or just the '''Pigeon''') is a member of the [[bird]] family [[Dove|Columbidae]]. Rock doves are now rare in the wild, only found on remote [[island]]s and rocky [[cliff]]s in the far west and south of [[Europe]] east to central [[Asia]]. [[Domestication|Domesticated]] birds which have become [[feral]], most often called '''feral pigeons''' or simply '''pigeons''', can however be found in [[city|cities]], [[town]]s and [[village]]s all over the [[world]], picking up dropped [[food]] in [[street]]s and [[park]]s, and begging food from people. Domesticated pigeons are also kept as [[poultry]] for food, and as [[homing pigeon]]s, for the [[sport]] of pigeon racing. The wild rock dove is very distinct, with a light grey back and body with two black stripes on its [[wing]]s, and a dark blue-grey head with shiny [[feather]]s on the side of the neck which reflect green and purple light. Domesticated birds are much more variable, with a wide range of colours, including white, pink, and brown not seen in wild birds. {{Commons category|Columba livia}} == Relationship to humans == Rock doves have been [[Domestication|domesticated]] for several thousand years, giving rise to the domestic pigeon (''Columba livia dom