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Columba palumbus ssp. palumbusπŸ•ŠοΈ

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SpeciesColumbiformesColumbidae
Birds

πŸ•ŠοΈCommon Wood Pigeon

Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758

The common wood pigeon, 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. 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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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendIncreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.49 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
18 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Common Wood Pigeon

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.49 kg
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Source: AVONET Β· v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) Β· CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.49 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.15 m
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Wing length
0.25 m
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Beak length
0.03 m
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Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET Β· v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) Β· CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
18 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge Β· AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) Β· CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: AVONET Β· v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) Β· CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Woodland
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Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET Β· v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) Β· CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common Wood Pigeon yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. β€ΊphylumChordata
  3. β€ΊclassAves
  4. β€ΊorderColumbiformes
  5. β€ΊfamilyColumbidae
  6. β€ΊgenusColumba
  7. β€ΊspeciesColumba palumbus
Full lineage
  1. superclassTetrapoda
  2. orderSauria
  3. classBirds Β· Aves
  4. orderPigeons & doves Β· Columbiformes
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds Β· Aves
  10. orderPigeons & doves Β· Columbiformes
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Closest relative on this site
πŸ•ŠοΈ Rock Dove β€” last shared an ancestor β‰ˆ 11 million years ago.
In other languages
houtduif (nl), Pigeon ramier (fr), ζ–‘ε°Ύζž—ιΈ½ (zh), Grzywacz (pl), paloma torcaz (es), ΓΆrvΓΆs galamb (hu) … and 27 more languages
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