Utah Bird Profile
 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia

Name Roots: (L. columba, "a dove, pigeon" - lividus, "to be bluish")
In Utah:   
Nesting,
feeding,
characteristic behaviors:		 Nests in a man-made structures or in a cliff at a height of feet, in a saucer nest. This species is not a cowbird host. This species is an omnivore: ground forager.
  
Habitat: Breeds in Utah in urban and agriculture habitats.
  

by Margaret T. Sanchez

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