Common Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbusLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Common Wood Pigeon
The Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
- Scientific name
- Columba palumbus
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Common Wood Pigeon
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Columba palumbus palumbus
- Columba palumbus maderensis
- Columba palumbus azorica
- Columba palumbus iranica
- Columba palumbus casiotis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba Palumbus
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Europe and Asia; restricted type locality, Sweden, ex Fn. Svec.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.163
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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