Columba livia Gmelin, JF, 1789
(Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon)

Interactions where Columba livia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
dung may contain Cryptococcus yeast anamorph UK/Ireland Filobasidiella neoformans a basidiomycete yeast Tremellales: Tremellaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Filobasidiella neoformans/Filobasidiella neoformansa basidiomycete yeastCryptococcus yeast anamorph Animal / dung / associateUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Columba livia/Columba liviarock dove, rock pigeon, feral pigeon Cryptococcus yeast anamorph inhabits dung of
gullet (lesioned) lesioned gullet is endoparasitised by UK/IrelandMajor Trichomonas gallinae a trichomonad Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UK, Lennon,R.J., Dunn,J.C., Stockdale,J.E., Goodman,S.J., Morris,A.J. & Hamer,K.C., 2013
 /Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trichomonas gallinae/Trichomonas gallinaea trichomonad Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Columba livia/Columba liviarock dove, rock pigeon, feral pigeonlesionedgulletMajor endoparasitises lesioned gullet
respiratory tract (lesioned) lesioned respiratory tract is endoparasitised by UK/IrelandMajor Trichomonas gallinae a trichomonad Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UK, Lennon,R.J., Dunn,J.C., Stockdale,J.E., Goodman,S.J., Morris,A.J. & Hamer,K.C., 2013
 /Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trichomonas gallinae/Trichomonas gallinaea trichomonad Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Columba livia/Columba liviarock dove, rock pigeon, feral pigeonlesionedrespiratory tractMajor endoparasitises lesioned respiratory tract

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Lennon,R.J., Dunn,J.C., Stockdale,J.E., Goodman,S.J., Morris,A.J. & Hamer,K.C., 2013Trichomonad parasite infection in four species of Columbidae in the UKParasitology Vol 140: 1368-1376.

Columba livia (Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Columba livia (Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Columba livia (feral)
Feral Pigeon
Functional group 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesColumba livia (Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon)
GenusColumba (pigeons)
FamilyCOLUMBIDAE (pigeons and doves)
OrderCOLUMBIFORMES (pigeons and doves)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Columba livia (Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon)

Columba livia (Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Columba livia (Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 39 images of Columba livia (Rock Dove, Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon)
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