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Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Lives in West Virginia all year and nests here. Found in all 55 counties, across 2 habitats.

Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
All year
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 55 counties
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 West Virginia 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

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

Year-roundBeside its main habitat.North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus; Southern Interior Acid Cliff
Other habitats in its models (13)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia.

  • 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 (Beach/Dune) 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.
  • Southern Piedmont 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.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Year-round: nests here, in all 55 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 144

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 138

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

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

Sources