Bird

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Lives in Louisiana all year and nests here. Found in all 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.

Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 2

Male Rock Pigeon, whole bird — Male. (c) Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 34142675. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: All year
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 64 parishes
Habitats: 2
Habitat models: Year-round

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Year-roundDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune)

Other habitats in its models (14)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana.

Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round.
Developed, High Intensity Year-round.
Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Unconsolidated Shore Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Piedmont Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Interior Acid Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.

Seasons in Louisiana

Year-round: nests here, in all 64 parishes.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 238

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Louisiana. Not sighting records.

Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Snow Goose
Chen caerulescens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Sora
Porzana carolina
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Birds. 2 shared habitats
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorum
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Coot
Fulica americana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Wigeon
Anas americana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Woodcock
Scolopax minor
Birds. 1 shared habitat

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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