Species Profile
Columba
Pigeon
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lives in cities and rocky regions.
Feeds on grains and seeds.
Domesticated since ancient times.
Size & Structure
01
Plump body
02
Grey feathers
03
Short beak
04
Strong wings
Columba — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs with air sacs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Seed dispersal
Urban food web
Prey species
Economic Importance
Messenger bird (history)
Laboratory research
Cultural value