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Columba palumbus

(Azore's Wood Pigeon)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Houtduif

Common Names in English:

Azore's Wood Pigeon, Common Woodpigeon, Common Wood Pigeon, Common Wood-Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Woodpigeon

Common Names in French:

Pigeon ramier

Common Names in German:

Ringeltaube

Common Names in Hebrew:

יונת ענק

Common Names in Italian:

Colombaccio

Common Names in Japanese:

モリバト

Common Names in Russian:

Vyakhir, Вяхирь

Common Names in Spanish:

Paloma torcaz

Common Names in Swedish:

Ringduva

Description

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Habitat

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

Ecology: List of Habitats :

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Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Columba

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 90 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. albinucha (White-Naped Pigeon) · C. albitorques (White-Collared Pigeon) · C. araucana (Chilean Pigeon) · C. argentina (Silvery Wood Pigeon) · C. arquatrix (African Olive Pigeon) · C. arquatrix arquatrix (African Olive-Pigeon) · C. bollii (Dark-Tailed Laurel Pigeon) · C. caribaea (Jamaican Band-Tailed Pigeon) · C. cayennensis (Pale-Vented Pigeon) · C. corensis (Bare-Eyed Pigeon) · C. delegorguei (Eastern Bronze-Naped Pigeon) · C. delegorguei delegorguei (Eastern Bronze-Naped Pigeon) · C. duboisi (Lord Howe Island Parakeet) · C. elphinstonii (Nilgiri Wood Pigeon) · C. eversmanni (Yellow-Eyed Stock Dove) · C. fasciata (White-Collared Pigeon) · C. fasciata fasciata (Band-Tailed Pigeon) · C. fasciata monilis (Band-Tailed Pigeon) · C. fasciata vioscae (Band-Tailed Pigeon) · C. flavirostris (Red-Billed Pigeon) · C. flavirostris flavirostris (Red-Billed Pigeon) · C. goodsoni (Goodson's Pigeon) · C. guinea (African Rock Pigeon) · C. guinea guinea (Abyssinian Speckled Pigeon) · C. guinea phaeonota (Cape Speckled Pigeon) · C. hodgsonii (Speckled Wood Pigeon) · C. inornata (Plain Pigeon) · C. inornata inornata (Plain Pigeon) · C. iriditorques (Western Bronze-Naped Pigeon) · C. janthina (Japanese Wood Pigeon) · C. janthina janthina (Japanese Wood Pigeon) · C. jouyi (Ryuku Wood (Silver-Banded Black) Pigeon) · C. junoniae (White-Tailed Laurel Pigeon) · C. larvata (African Lemon Dove) · C. larvata larvata (African Lemon Dove) · C. leucocephala (White-Crowned Pigeon) · C. leucomela (White-Headed Pigeon) · C. leuconota (Snow Pigeon) · C. leuconota leuconota (Nepalese Snow-Pigeon) · C. livia (Feral Pigeon/Rock Dove) · C. livia dakhlae (Oasis Rock Pigeon) · C. livia gaddi (Iranian Rock Pigeon) · C. livia gymnocycla (Senegal Rock Pigeon) · C. livia livia (Common Rock Pigeon) · C. livia neglecta (Blue Rock Pigeon) · C. livia palaestinae (Arabian Rock Pigeon) · C. livia schimperi (Butler's Rock Pigeon) · C. livia targia (Saharan Rock Pigeon) · C. lugens (Silvery John Dory) · C. luzonica (Luzon Bleeding Heart Pigeon) · C. maculosa (Spot-Winged Pigeon) · C. maculosa maculosa (Spot-Winged Pigeon) · C. malherbii (Sao Thome Bronze-Naped Pigeon) · C. mayeri (Pink Pigeon) · C. nigrirostris (Short-Billed Pigeon) · C. oenas (Stock Pigeon) · C. oenas oenas (Stock Pigeon) · C. oenops (Salvin's Pigeon) · C. oliviae (Somali Stock Dove) · C. pallidiceps (Yellow-Legged Pigeon) · C. palumboides (Andaman Wood Pigeon) · C. palumbus (Azore's Wood Pigeon) · C. palumbus azorica (Azore's Wood Pigeon) · C. palumbus palumbus (Common Wood-Pigeon) · C. picazuro (Picazuro Pigeon) · C. picazuro picazuro (Picazuro Pigeon) · C. picturata (Madagascar Turtle-Dove) · C. plumbea (Plumbeous Pigeon) · C. plumbea plumbea (Plumbeous Pigeon) · C. pollenii (Comoros Rameron Pigeon) · C. pulchricollis (Ashy Wood Pigeon) · C. punicea (Purple Wood-Pigeon) · C. risoria (New Zealand Coot) · C. rupestris (Eastern Rock Pigeon) · C. rupestris rupestris (Eastern Rock Pigeon) · C. rupestris turkestanica (Blue Hill Pigeon) · C. sjostedti (Cameroon Olive Pigeon) · C. speciosa (Scaled Pigeon) · C. squamosa (Scaly-Naped Pigeon) · C. subvinacea (Ruddy Pigeon) · C. thomensis (Sao Thome Olive Pigeon) · C. torringtoni (Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon) · C. torringtoniae (Ceylon Wood-Pigeon) · C. torringtonii (Ceylon Wood-Pigeon) · C. trocaz (Madeira Laurel Pigeon) · C. trocaz trocaz (Madeira Laurel Pigeon) · C. unicincta (African Wood Pigeon) · C. versicolor (Bonin Wood (Black) Pigeon) · C. vitiensis (White-Throated Pigeon) · C. vitiensis vitiensis (White-Throated Pigeon)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

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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]
Last Revised: 7/16/2012