Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Pigeons & Dove

COLUMBIFORMES

Columbidae

Columba livia
Cliffs, caves, ledges, eaves.
Cosmopolitan commensal of man.
Original distribution uncertain but considered to be a native of Eurasia in Faroes, Ireland, Scotland (and adjacent is.), Canary Is., and from s Europe and Mediterranean region e through Balkans, Turkey and c Russia to sw Siberia (Altai), w China (w Sinkiang) and s Tibet, and s to n Africa in the Cape Verde Is., Mauritania, Senegambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Niger, Ghana, Togo, Chad and Sudan;
introduced in Djibouti. Mediterranean region, Egypt, Arabia, Near and Middle East, Pakistan, India s of Himalayas, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and Laccadive Is.
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This species is the source of the numerous "breeds" of domestic pigeons - tumblers, ruffs, homing pigeons, kings, etc., etc.
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-Columba L. columba (piccione, colombo)
-livia L. liveus (colore liveo, blu-grigio)
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Columba oenas
Farmlands, towns, open woodland. Palearctic from British Isles and s Scandinavia e across c Russia to sw Siberia (upper Ob R.), and s to n Mediterranean region (incl. Balearic Is., Sardinia and Sicily), Morocco, Turkey, n Iran, Transcaucasus, Turkestan, n Kirghiz steppes, n Afghanistan (perhaps only a vagrant) and extreme w China (sw Sinkiang). Winters from British Isles and w,s Europe s to Mediterranean region (incl. nw Africa and ne Africa on Sinai Pen.), n Arabia and s Iran.
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-oenas Gr. oinas (colombella)
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Columba eversmanni
Farms, barrens. Sc Asia in ne Iran, Transcaspia; from Aral Sea and s L. Balkhash s through Turkestan to w Tadzhikistan and extreme w China (w Sinkiang). Winters s to s Afghanistan, Pakistan and nw India.
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eversmanni Eduard Friedrich Eversmann (1794-1860) naturalista
tedesco, autore e raccoglitore di reperti in Kirghizia e Siberia
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Columba livia

Rock Dove

Common

Columba oenas

Stock Dove

Locally common

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Columba eversemanni

Yellow-eyed Dove

Vagrant

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Columba palumbus
Woodland, suburbs, towns. Palearctic from British Isles and c Scandinavia e to c Russia and wc Siberia (w of Ob R. drainage), and s to e Atlantic is. (Azores, Madeira Is.), n Mediterranean region (incl. most is.), nw Africa (from Morocco to Tunisia), Turkey and Transcaucasus, and from Near and Middle East and ne Arabia e to extreme n Pakistan, extreme nw India (Kashmir) and extreme w China (w Sinkiang). Winters from British Isles and cont. Europe s to nw Africa, and e through se breeding range to s Afghanistan, n India and Nepal.

Wood-Pigeons in northern Italy (and possibly elsewhere) often nest near the nest of a Hobby (Falco subbuteo); the Hobby attacks and drives away all medium to large birds near its nest, including Hooded Crows which take the eggs and chicks of other birds, including Wood-Pigeons. Although the Hobby may prey on Wood-Pigeons, the association results in a net benefit to the pigeons (Bogliani, et al. 1994. XXI Intl. Orn. Congr.).
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     -Leggi in pdf l'articolo di Bogliani et al. in Animal Behaviour
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                        -palumbus L. palumbes (colombaccio)

Columba trocaz
Laurel forest.
Madeira Is.
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--trocaz nome locale pombo trocaz

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Columba bollii
Laurel forest.
Highlands of w,c Canary Is. on Tenerife, Las Palmas and Gomera. May be conspecific with C. trocaz.
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-bollii Carl August Bolle (1821-1909) naturalista e
autore tedesco
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Columba palumbus

Common Woodpigeon

Common

Columba trocaz

Trocaz Pigeon

Faerly common

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Columba bollii

Bolle's Pigeon

Not uncommon

Columba junoniae
Brushy slopes, mixed pine-laurel, laurel forest. Canary Is. on La Palma, Gomera and Tenerife; much reduced in numbers on La Palma, and possibly extirpated on Gomera.
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junoniae dal nome latino di La Palma e Gomera chiamate
Junonia Mayor e Junonia Minor

Columba junoniae

Laurel Pigeon

Uncommon

Columbidae

14 sp

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2004 by Alberto Masi