#0548 · 🐦 birds

Common Wood-Pigeon

🇳🇱 Houtduif ·Columba palumbus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The common wood pigeon ( Columba palumbus ) is a large species in the dove and pigeon family. It belongs to the Columba genus and, like all pigeons and doves, belongs to the family Columbidae. It is locally known in southeast England as the " culver "; This name has given rise to several areas known for keeping pigeons to be named after it, such as Culver Down.

base stats

NL sightings 3,508iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 190,843iNaturalist observations
weight 18.9 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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 3,508 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the birds in NL.
190,843 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 19 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).