Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas) - HBW 4, p. 114
French: Pigeon colombin
German: Hohltaube
Spanish: Paloma Zurita
Other common names: Stock Pigeon, Western Stock-dove/Stock-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba Oenas Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Closely related to C. eversmanni and C. oliviae. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- oenas Linnaeus, 1758 - Britain N to S Scandinavia and Finland, S to Portugal and NW Africa, and E to N Iran, Caspian Sea and NE Kazakhstan (Semipalatinsk).
- yarkandensis Buturlin, 1908 - E Uzbekistan, Kirgizia and Tadjikistan E through Tien Shan and Tarim Basin to Lop Nur (E Xinjiang).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male preforming a courtship display, female don't show interest and flies away. Locality Dronten, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (ssp oenas)
Yoel Jimenez 10 July 2011 30 weeks ago 1 min 18 sec 4.7 -
A bird in the nest hole, another close to the nest hole, and another leaving the nest hole Locality Forêt de Sénart, France (ssp oenas)
Julien Rochefort 26 March 2007 4 years ago 33 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a tree, preening Locality Forêt de Sénart, France (ssp oenas)
Julien Rochefort 26 March 2007 4 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a tree singing and flying away Locality Forêt de Sénart, France (ssp oenas)
Julien Rochefort 26 March 2007 4 years ago 56 sec 4.2 -
A male preforming a courtship display, later a close up from a bird with a swelling between the legs and finally a bird foraging Locality Dronten, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (ssp oenas)
Yoel Jimenez 10 July 2011 30 weeks ago 1 min 31 sec 4 -
A close-up of an adult.A chick at the nest hole. Locality Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 9 July 2006 2 years ago 33 sec 4
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A bird on a rock.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
A bird taking off.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp oenas)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
Adult bird.
Locality Zoo Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Tomasz Doroń 29 September 2010 7 weeks ago 3.5 -
And adult in the ground
Locality León, Castile and Leon, Spain
Jorge Falagán Fernández 8 May 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
Stock Dove in the foreground compared to feral Pigeons in the background
Locality Germany
Klaus Lachenmaier 31 May 2009 1 year ago 3
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Song of a male Locality Wanstead Park, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp oenas)
Stuart Fisher 5 April 2009 2 years ago 4.5
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