The rock dove Columbia livia is of course a common animal in urban areas around the world. I know that some zoos have domestic pigeon exhibits, but are there any exhibits with wild rock doves that interpret them as such?
Are there any Columba livia exhibits around?
- Thread starter DavidBrown
- Start date
There are a fair few, yes - the most notable I can think of off the top of my head is the population at Plzen, which is descended from wildcaught stock originating from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
GaiaZoo in Kerkrade, the Netherlands also keeps rock pigeons, Columba livia non-subspecific status according to Zootierliste, in their Taiga aviary, mixed with lots of other Eurasian birds.
I'm not sure whether they are pure wild specimens, but I do believe GaiaZoo interprets the animals as being the original wild pigeon.
I'm not sure whether they are pure wild specimens, but I do believe GaiaZoo interprets the animals as being the original wild pigeon.
Duisburg Zoo also has a nice aviary for Northern bald ibis with Rock pigeons, see :
Aviary Bald ibis And Rock pigeon - ZooChat
Aviary Bald ibis And Rock pigeon - ZooChat
I believe that Chester hold a few in their new Europe on the edge aviary.
Today I visited Gaia Zoo - Kerkrade - the Netherlands and in the Taiga-aviary a nice group of Rock pigeons 
.
.
Not sure they still have them