The wild species is a medium-sized bird (about 34 cm or 13.5 in). Compact appearance, small head; very variable plumage, from grey to brown tones. Black wing bands and white rump. Greenish or purple shine on the neck. Lighter shades in the ventral area. The wild species is often hybridized with domestic varieties, so that very different colouring patterns appear.
Urban and rocky environments
Rupicolous species present in rocky areas, either coastal cliffs, river screes or mountain gorges. The domestic varieties use all kinds of humanized and urban environments, grasslands, pastures and crops.
Bird resident all year round in the province. It breeds in spring, although it is able to breed throughout the whole year. The laying consists of 2 eggs. Feeding based on seeds, herbs and buds. The domestic varieties also take advantage of waste and remains of food produced by man. The chicks are fed a milky secretion popularly known as "pigeon milk" that parents generate in the crop. They are gregarious and colonial birds.
Common and frequent species throughout the Great Path.
The dove has traditionally been used as a symbol of peace or ideals of purity. This is due to the biblical episode in which Noah launched a dove after the flood to look for land and it returned with an olive branch, in sign that God is at peace with man. However, doves and pigeons are birds that by their gregarious and alimentary habits act as important vectors of transmission of unhealthy conditions in villages and cities.
- El Chorro (Paraje Natural del Desfiladero de Los Gaitanes)
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 01. Málaga - Rincón de la Victoria
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 02. Rincón de la Victoria - Vélez-Málaga
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 10. Riogordo - Alfarnate
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 13. Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 21. Estación de El Chorro (Álora) - Carratraca - Ardales
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 35. Alhaurín de la Torre - Málaga
- Río Guadalmina
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