#0611 · 🐦 birds
Stock Dove
🇳🇱 Holenduif ·Columba oenas
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- 1. © Paul Lewis · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Andrew Thompson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Carles Pastor · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Frank Sengpiel · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Mark Kilner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. © Frank Sengpiel · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Aleksey Levashkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Андрей Деев · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The stock dove ( Columba oenas ) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 639 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 15,911 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 17 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Stock Dove
- Nederlands
- Holenduif
- scientific name
- Columba oenas
- class
- Aves
- order
- Columbiformes
- family
- Columbidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 639
- sightings in Europe
- 11,579
- sightings worldwide
- 15,911
- GBIF records in NL
- 250,224
- weight
- 16.7 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Columbidae
#0548 📷 10Common Wood-Pigeon
🇳🇱 Houtduif
Columba palumbus
LC 👀 3.5k in NL
#0572 📷 10Rock Pigeon
🇳🇱 Rotsduif
Columba livia
LC 👀 1.8k in NL
#0593 📷 8Eurasian Collared-Dove
🇳🇱 Turkse Tortel
Streptopelia decaocto
LC 👀 998 in NL
#0778 📷 7European Turtle-Dove
🇳🇱 Zomertortel
Streptopelia turtur
VU 👀 35 in NL
#0859 📷 10Oriental Turtle-Dove
🇳🇱 Oosterse Tortel
Streptopelia orientalis
LC 👀 9 in NL
#0866 📷 10Diamond Dove
🇳🇱 Diamantduif
Geopelia cuneata
LC 👀 9 in NL
#0973 📷 10African Collared-Dove
🇳🇱 Izabeltortel
Streptopelia roseogrisea
LC 👀 2 in NL
#0985 📷 7Laughing Dove
🇳🇱 Palmtortel
Spilopelia senegalensis
LC 👀 1 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 3033, Wikidata Q26140, GBIF 2495471, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.