Invasive (federal regulations do not apply), receives seed-based diet as a chick
Approximate Hatch Weights:
~15g at hatching
Gains ~4-8g/day for first week
Gains ~20g/day after first week
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Common Name: Pigeons/Doves
Region: Broad Range
Chick Type: Altricial
Down: Sparse yellowish down
Skin Color: Pink
Bill: Straight and enlarged around nares
Foot Type: Anisodactyl
Gape: Pink
Gape Flanges: None
Iris: Brown to light gray
Legs and Feet: Pink to gray legs and feet
Video from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Video from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~1st Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2391.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 33g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2398.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 35g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2412.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 35g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2401.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 35g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/05/IMG_2403.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/IMG_2663.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/IMG_2665.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 34g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2022/06/IMG_2658.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Rock-Pigeon-Week-1.jpg)
Photo by Ingrid Hodel, WildCare Oklahoma
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2eed.jpeg)
Photo by Kaley Vescuso
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f0b.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~1st Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Rock-Pigeon-Week-2.jpg)
Photo by Ariana Shorts, WildCare Oklahoma
~1st Week - 64g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/03/IMG_8013.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 64g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/03/IMG_8015-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 64g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/03/IMG_8010.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 75g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/07/IMG_9819.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 75g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/07/IMG_9807-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 75g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/07/IMG_9812.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 88g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/03/IMG_8003.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 88g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/03/IMG_8004-scaled.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 88g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/03/IMG_8006.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~1st Week - 88g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2021/03/IMG_8008.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 156g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4706.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 156g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4707.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 156g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4712.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week - 156g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/07/IMG_4717.jpeg)
Photo from the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, ruler in centimeters
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_4dfb.jpeg)
Photo by Laura Kintz, WildCare Oklahoma
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/06/IMG_0784.jpg)
Photo by Avery Berkowitz
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Rock-Pigeon-Week-3.jpg)
Photo by Jessica Zorge, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f0c.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~2nd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f0d.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f0e.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2019/03/fullsizeoutput_2f0f.jpeg)
Photo by Jen Osburn Eliot, Wildlife Images Rehab Center
~3rd Week
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/03/Rock-Pigeon-Week-4.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 170g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/IMG_6499.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic
~3rd Week - 170g
![](https://sites.tufts.edu/babybirds/files/2018/09/IMG_6501.jpg)
Photo from Tufts Wildlife Clinic