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Common Wood-Pigeon
Columba palumbus
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About the Common Wood-Pigeon
The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known simply as the wood pigeon, is a large pigeon native to the western Palearctic. It belongs to the genus Columba, which includes closely related species such as the rock dove (Columba livia). It has a flexible diet, feeding mainly on plant material, including cereals, and is therefore considered an agricultural pest. Wood pigeons are extensively hunted over much of their range, but this does not appear to have a major impact on their population numbers.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Columba palumbus
- Family
- Pigeons and Doves
- Order
- Columbiformes
Similar species
Other members of the pigeons and doves family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
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