Pigeons

Birds of North America

Columbidae

Lives, Habitats & Pictures of the Doves & Pigeons

There are now, four known types of pigeons seen in North America. Of these four pigeon species, the Rock Pigeon, formerly known as the Rock Dove, is the most common among them. This bird species is an introduced bird from Europe, now seen throughout the North American continent, adapting to towns and cities, regularly seen around farm lands. The Band-tailed Pigeon is the second most abundant pigeon, found all through the mountain ranges in western North America and into the south-western states. The White-crowned pigeon is found in southern Florida, a more common bird seen in the tropical southern regions. This is the same for the Red-billed Pigeon, a bird seen in the extreme southern areas of Texas, and a common bird found throughout Mexico and the southern tropics.

Pigeons are considered gamebirds, being so, are hunted throughout the southern areas of North America. As in the case of most gamebirds, have suffered from over hunting, until their were laws created to protect them, these laws were not put into place in time to save the Passenger Pigeon, a birds that was once seen in the millions, but became extincted at the start of the 20th century.