Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Hill Pigeon (Columba rupestris) - HBW 4, p. 113
French: Pigeon des rochers
German: Klippentaube
Spanish: Paloma Rupestre
Other common names: Eastern/Bar-tailed/White-tailed Rock-pigeon/Rock-dove, Blue Hill-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba Oenas d rupestris Pallas, 1811, Dauria.
Closely related to C. livia and C. leuconota. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- turkestanica Buturlin, 1908 - Semiretschensk, Zaissen and Russian Altai S through Turkestan to Balistan (Gilgit, Yasin, Hunza and Karakoram), and E to W Tibet and N Himalayan slopes.
- rupestris Pallas, 1811 - W Mongolia, Transbaikalia and Amurland S through Mongolia to E Tibet, W Sichuan, Helan Shan and Heilongjiang, and Korea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground Locality Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp rupestris)
Keith Blomerley 12 August 2005 6 years ago 10 sec 3.5 -
walking on ground by stream Locality Xining, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp rupestris)
Martin Kennewell 2 July 2011 1 year ago 20 sec 3.2
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An adult bird on the ground.
Locality Nam Tso (Lake Nam), Tibetan Plateau, China (Northern) (ssp turkestanica)
James Eaton 1 June 2010 24 weeks ago 4 -
Specimen on the ground
Locality Wildpark Leverkusen, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Johannes Pfleiderer 11 October 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
An adult bird perched on a rock.
Locality Maerkang (Barkam), Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp rupestris)
James Eaton 1 June 2007 10 weeks ago 3 -
A bird perched.
Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 1990 19 weeks ago 2.5
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