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Common Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758
Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
Common Wood Pigeon, Columba palumbus, breeds in the western Palearctic and is a pigeon of woodland, parks and gardens. It was named by Linnaeus in 1758. Among western European pigeons it is the one that stands out for its larger build and the white markings on the neck and wing. Adults also show green and white patches on the neck and a pink area on the chest, while the young lack the neck patches at first and gain them later. In southern and western Europe it is a widespread resident, and in the north and east it moves seasonally.
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: w, sw
