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

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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.
Other habitats in its models (14)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.
Elsewhere in the South (4)
- Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Interior Acid Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
- Southern Piedmont Cliff Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Northeast (2)
- North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
- North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Midwest (2)
- Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
- Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Land cover and other classes (6)
- Developed, High Intensity Year-round.
- Developed, Low Intensity Year-round.
- Developed, Medium Intensity Year-round.
- Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Year-round, beside its main habitat.
- Unconsolidated Shore Year-round, beside its main habitat.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Year-round, beside its main habitat.
Seasons in Louisiana
- Year-round: nests here, in all 64 parishes.
Food plants
Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Plants matched by genus.
Native plants in these genera 61
- Little BarleyHordeum pusillum
- American PlumPrunus americana
- Black CherryPrunus serotina
- Black CherryPrunus serotina var. serotina
- Carolina Laurel CherryPrunus caroliniana
- Chickasaw PlumPrunus angustifolia
- Hog PlumPrunus umbellata
- Mexican PlumPrunus mexicana
- Oklahoma PlumPrunus gracilis
- Gregg's AmaranthAmaranthus greggii
- Palmer's AmaranthAmaranthus palmeri
- Rough-fruit AmaranthAmaranthus tuberculatus
- Smooth PigweedAmaranthus hybridus
- Southern Water-hempAmaranthus australis
- Shaggy CrabgrassDigitaria villosa
- Slender CrabgrassDigitaria filiformis
- American PokeweedPhytolacca americana
- Maritime PokeweedPhytolacca americana var. rigida
- Erect KnotweedPolygonum erectum
- Tall KnotweedPolygonum ramosissimum
- Black OakQuercus velutina
- Blackjack OakQuercus marilandica
- Bluejack OakQuercus incana
- Cherrybark OakQuercus pagoda
Plant genera in its diet records (15)
- Avena 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
- Hordeum 2 diet records. 1 native plant in Louisiana
- Prunus 2 diet records. 8 native plants in Louisiana
- Triticum 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
- Zea 2 diet records. 0 native plants in Louisiana
- Amaranthus 1 diet record. 5 native plants in Louisiana
- Digitaria 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
- Eleusine 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
- Phytolacca 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
- Polygonum 1 diet record. 2 native plants in Louisiana
- Quercus 1 diet record. 31 native plants in Louisiana
- Robinia 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
- Sorghum 1 diet record. 0 native plants in Louisiana
- Toxicodendron 1 diet record. 3 native plants in Louisiana
- Ulmus 1 diet record. 4 native plants in Louisiana
Also found in its main habitats
Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Birds 139
- Cape May WarblerDendroica tigrina
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Western Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia hypugaea
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Plants 958
- Muck SunflowerHelianthus simulans
- Canada LettuceLactuca canadensis
- Annual FleabaneErigeron annuus
- Common Evening-primroseOenothera biennis
- Cutleaf Evening-primroseOenothera laciniata
- Dog-fennelEupatorium capillifolium
- Threadleaf SundropsOenothera linifolia
- Carolina Crane's-billGeranium carolinianum
- Golden CrownbeardVerbesina encelioides
- Blackeyed SusanRudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
- Downy Ground-cherryPhysalis pubescens
- Gray Ground-cherryPhysalis grisea
Coastal dunes and beaches
Birds 128
- Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Seaside SparrowAmmodramus maritimus
- Wilson's PloverCharadrius wilsonia
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus
Plants 84
- Beach Morning-gloryIpomoea imperati
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Mound-lily YuccaYucca gloriosa
- Northern Seabeach OrachAtriplex mucronata
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Pinewoods FingergrassEustachys petraea
- Sea OatsUniola paniculata
- Beach Evening-primroseOenothera drummondii
- Saltwater False-willowBaccharis angustifolia
- Gulf CrotonCroton punctatus
- CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris
- Cottony Golden-asterChrysopsis gossypina
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP year-round habitat model for Rock Pigeon Includes developed land
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)
- Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab) (CC0 1.0), diet records by plant genus





























































