NPSpecies Report Viewer

Park			Taxon Code
Show Comments?

Find

National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior

NPSpecies - Park Species Profile


Columba livia
Rock Dove
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Columba livia J. F. Gmelin, 1789
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Rock Dove
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Columbiformes, Family Columbidae, Genus Columba, Species Columba livia


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		AZ: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Amistad National Recreation Area
Anacostia Park	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Arches National Park
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Baltimore-Washington National Parkway
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Cabrillo National Monument
Canaveral National Seashore	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument	Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chamizal National Memorial
Channel Islands National Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Congaree National Park	Coronado National Memorial
Cowpens National Battlefield	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Dry Tortugas National Park	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
El Malpais National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Point National Historic Site
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Fort Washington Park	Fossil Butte National Monument
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier National Park	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Golden Spike National Historical Park
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Falls Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Greenbelt Park	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Haleakala National Park
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
John Muir National Historic Site	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Joshua Tree National Park	Katmai National Park and Preserve
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Little River Canyon National Preserve
Mammoth Cave National Park	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Mesa Verde National Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Monocacy National Battlefield	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Muir Woods National Monument	Natchez Trace Parkway
National Capital Parks	National Capital Parks-East
National Mall and Memorial Parks	Natural Bridges National Monument
Navajo National Monument	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Niobrara National Scenic River
North Cascades National Park	Obed Wild and Scenic River
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Olympic National Park
Oregon Caves National Monument	Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run
Oxon Run National Parkway	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Padre Island National Seashore	Parashant National Monument
Petroglyph National Monument	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pinnacles National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Prince William Forest Park
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park	Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saguaro National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sitka National Historical Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Stones River National Battlefield
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Tuzigoot National Monument
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Vicksburg National Military Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area	White Sands National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	4/1/2010

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 8:36:32 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

This information is provided by NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) and its network of natural heritage member programs, a leading source of information about rare and endangered species, and threatened ecosystems.


Species Profile	Page 1 of 1	9/25/2025 8:36:32 AM

Report Viewer Configuration Error