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 5 years ago 10 sec 3.4 -
walking on ground by stream Locality Xining, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp rupestris)
Martin Kennewell 2 July 2011 29 weeks ago 20 sec 2.7
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Specimen on the ground
Locality Wildpark Leverkusen, Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Johannes Pfleiderer 11 October 2008 2 years ago 3
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