Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae) - HBW 4
Common Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
French: Pigeon ramier
German: Ringeltaube
Spanish: Paloma Torcaz
Other common names: Ring Pigeon, Ringdove, Cushat, Cushie-doo, Quest
Taxonomy: Columba Palumbus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden. Related to C. bollii and C. trocaz of Macaronesia (E Atlantic islands) and C. unicincta of Africa; probably also to C. junoniae of Canary Is. Race iranica intergrades with nominate in E Turkey and Transcaucasia. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- azorica Hartert, 1905 - E & C Azores.
- maderensis Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen, 1904 - montane forests of Madeira (probably extinct).
- excelsa (Bonaparte, 1856) - Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
- azorica Hartert, 1905 - E & C Azores.
- maderensis Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen, 1904 - montane forests of Madeira (probably extinct).
- excelsa (Bonaparte, 1856) - Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
- palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 - Europe E to W Siberia and Iraq; winters S to N Africa.
- iranica (Zarudny, 1910) - S Transcaspia, N & W Iran.
- casiotis (Bonaparte, 1854) - Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to N Afghanistan, N Pakistan, NW India and Nepal.
- Least Concern
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Two birds in a tree and flying away Lynx Garden, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp palumbus)
Josep del Hoyo 17 March 2008 1 year ago 39 sec 4.1 -
two juveniles just before "the first fly-off" De Glind, Barneveld, Gelderland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
wout van den brink 15 May 1999 8 weeks ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A bird scratching and foraging on the grass. Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp palumbus)
Jesús Laborda 29 April 2009 40 weeks ago 36 sec 3.8 -
A pair of adult birds feed on the ground next to a solitary bird, then one of the pair drives the single bird away Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK (ssp palumbus)
Joe Angseesing 17 April 2007 1 year ago 28 sec 3.8 -
A bird preening its tail Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp palumbus)
Eric Roualet 12 May 2007 1 year ago 31 sec 3.8 -
Two views of a bird perched on an almond tree and eating its blossoms. Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 7 March 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 33 sec 3.7
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A bird in my garden Berlin, Germany
Susanne Rintelen 1 March 2010 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Adult perched Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 15 November 2003 1 year ago 3.8 -
adult leaving the nest in the flowers Hillion, Côtes d’Armor, Bretagne, France (ssp palumbus)
Georges Olioso 8 June 2008 45 weeks ago 3.3 -
Resting on a branch Ystad, Skane County, Sweden
Jonn Leffmann 6 June 2009 36 weeks ago 3 -
Close up picture of a naturalized skin of this extinct subspecies. Museum of Natural History, Funchal, Madeira Islands (ssp maderensis)
Juanjo Ramos 26 March 2009 48 weeks ago 2.5 -
Naturalized skin of this extinct subspecies at Natural History Museum. Museum of Natural History, Funchal, Madeira Islands (ssp maderensis)
Juanjo Ramos 26 March 2009 48 weeks ago 2.5
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Sound made by wings on take off Send, Surrey, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 15 November 2005 6 weeks ago 3 -
Song of a male London, England, UK
Stuart Fisher 22 weeks ago 3
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