Columba palumbus

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Common Names

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Description

Family Columbidae

Stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 989 meters (0 to 3,245 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.1Forest - Boreal 1.4Forest - Temperate 3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 26-May-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Columba

There are approximately 198 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. albilinea · C. albinucha (White-Naped Pigeon) · C. albitorques (White-Collared Pigeon) · C. araucana · C. argentina (Silvery Wood-Pigeon) · C. arquatrix (African Olive-Pigeon) · C. arquatrix arquatrix (African Olive Pigeon) · C. bicincta · C. bollii (Dark-Tailed Laurel Pigeon) · C. bronzina · C. calva · C. capensis · C. caribaea · C. cayennensis · C. cayennensis occidentalis · C. cayennensis pallidicrissa · C. cayennensis sylvestris · C. cayennensis tobagensis · C. chalcospilos · C. chiriquensis · C. corensis · C. delegorguei (Eastern Bronze-Naped Pigeon) · C. delegorguei delegorguei (Eastern Bronze-Naped Pigeon) · C. delegorguei sharpei · C. dilopha · C. domestica · C. duboisi (R�union Pigeon) · C. elphinstonii (Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon) · C. erythrina · C. erythrothorax · C. eversmanni (Yellow-Eyed Stock Dove) · C. fasciata (White-Collared Pigeon) · C. fasciata albilinea · C. fasciata crissalis · C. fasciata fasciata (White-Collared Pigeon) · C. fasciata letonai · C. fasciata monilis (Band-Tailed Pigeon) · C. fasciata parva · C. fasciata roraimae · C. fasciata vioscae (Band-Tailed Pigeon) · C. flavirostris · C. flavirostris flavirostris (Red-Billed Pigeon) · C. flavirostris madrensis · C. flavirostris minima · C. flavirostris restricta · C. goodsoni · C. guinea (African Rock Pigeon) · C. guinea dilloni · C. guinea guinea (Abyssinian Speckled Pigeon) · C. guinea longipennis · C. guinea phaeonota (Cape Speckled Pigeon) · C. guinea phaeonotus · C. guinea uhehensis · C. guineensis · C. gymnocyclus · C. gymnophtalmos · C. hodgsoni · C. hodgsonii (Speckled Wood-Pigeon) · C. humeralis · C. infuscata · C. inornata · C. inornata exigua · C. inornata inornata (Plain Pigeon) · C. inornata wetmorei · C. iriditorques (Western Bronze-Naped Pigeon) · C. janthina (Japanese Wood-Pigeon) · C. janthina janthina (Japanese Wood-Pigeon) · C. janthina nitens · C. janthina sensu · C. janthina stejnegeri · C. jouyi (Ryuku Wood (Silver-Banded Black) Pigeon) · C. junoniae (White-Tailed Laurel Pigeon) · C. larvata (African Lemon Dove) · C. larvata bronzina · C. larvata hypoleuca · C. larvata jacksoni · C. larvata larvata (African Lemon Dove) · C. larvata principalis · C. larvata samaliyae · C. larvata simplex · C. leucocephala · C. leucomela (White-Headed Pigeon) · C. leuconota (Snow Pigeon) · C. leuconota gradaria · C. leuconota leuconota (Nepalese Snow-Pigeon) · C. livia (Carrier Pigeon) · C. livia atlantis · C. livia butleri · C. livia canariensis · C. livia dakhlae (Oasis Rock Pigeon) · C. livia domestica · C. livia domesticus · C. livia feral · C. livia gaddi (Iranian Rock Pigeon) · C. livia gymnocycla (Senegal Rock Pigeon) · C. livia intermedia · C. livia livia (Common Rock Pigeon) · C. livia lividior · C. livia neglecta (Blue Rock Pigeon) · C. livia nigricans

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Notes

Contributors

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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 19 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, GEO Biodiversity Day
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852211
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-676977
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837145
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 177103
• IUCN ID: 48707
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 147451

Footnotes

1. Mean = 440.090 meters (1,443.865 feet), Standard Deviation = 96.780 based on 5,701 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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