Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
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
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A bird in the nest hole, another close to the nest hole, and another leaving the nest hole Forêt de Sénart, France (oenas)
Julien Rochefort 26 March 2007 2 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a tree, preening Forêt de Sénart, France (oenas)
Julien Rochefort 26 March 2007 2 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird on a tree singing and flying away Forêt de Sénart, France (oenas)
Julien Rochefort 26 March 2007 2 years ago 56 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of an adult.A chick at the nest hole. Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 9 July 2006 50 weeks ago 33 sec 4 -
A close-view of an adult. Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 9 July 2006 50 weeks ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird perched at the opening of a nestbox, actually designed to host Common Kestrels. Limburg, Netherlands (oenas)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 1 May 2006 37 weeks ago 12 sec 3.5
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A bird on a rock. Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 23 March 2008 45 weeks ago 4.3 -
And adult in the ground León, Castile and Leon, Spain
Jorge Falagán Fern... 8 May 2008 8 weeks ago 3.3
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Song of a male Wanstead Park, London, England, UK
(oenas)
Stuart Fisher 5 April 2009 44 weeks ago 4.5
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