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BLUE ROCK PIGEON

Pigeons or blue rock dove are commonly found in Delhi. In Hindi these birds are known as kabootar. While in Latin the name is Columba livia. Blue rock pegions are of the order Columbiformes; they belong to the family Columbidae .Pigeons spend most of the time living around human habitations. As the morning breaks we find the blue rock dove making calls Kootroo Kootroo, Pigeons are so to say quite social creatures as they feed together on grains during any time of the day. Blue rock dove also indulge in territorial fights quite often infact that is the way they spend most of their time during the Day. The cock attracts the hen by going round and round and enticing the her for mating. They also have a menacing habit like destroying buds of plants like hibiscus and Rose. These birds can also become easily tamed if they are nurtured from their Cradle in human habitations. Pigeons have an uncanny sense of directions; as a matter of fact pigeons were used in the older times to send paper messages that were embedded in their feather. Knowing the directions the pigeons would easily deliver the paper message in the required places. The courtship display is quite splendid when the cock and the hen lock beak bend their head sideways in beak locked position to proclaim their love for each other. The Eggs that are laid are generally two in numbers.The eggs are round in shape and whitish in color. Pigeons generally have an undulating flight which means that while flying they rise and fall relatively and quite gently. Pegions have this ability to bend their neck for a sufficiently longer time to drink water or to eat grains. This is the reason pegions have been classed in the family Columbidae. Pigeons make nest in building which are vacated by people or houses which are uninhabited. For nesting purposes pigeons have been seen to take Curry tree Leaves, this habit can be attributed to the fact that pigeons do this to fulfill their necessities of feeding themselves on these leaves so during the labor period energy is conserved. It may also act as food for the new born chicks. The nest is a very untidy patch of twigs intertwined in a round manner with the two eggs laid in the centre. When the chicks hatch after twenty to twenty five days both parents take the same responsibility in rearing the chicks. The female regurgitates the food taken and then produces it to the chick for consumption. The food ingested by the chick is both soft and digestible.

ORDER  :     COLUMBIFORMES

FAMILY:    COLUMBIDAE

GENUS  :     COLUMBA

SPECIES  :   LIVIA

BINOMIAL NAME  :   COLUMBA LIVIA