Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Pigeons and Doves :: Stock Pigeon

Stock Pigeon Columba oenas

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Stock Dove, Western Stock-Pigeon, Western Stock-Dove
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Montreuil-sur-Loir, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de La Loire, France - Aug 26, 2001 © Alain Fossé  Buckinghamshire, England - May 23, 2003 © Ian Esland 
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Range

Europe and w. Asia;
(1) Europe (British Isles (England) and s. Scandinavia and Finland across c. Russia to sw. Siberia (upper Ob River) s. to France (Loire Valley), Portugal and nw. Africa (Morocco), Balearic Is., Sardinia, Sicily, Turkey, n. Iran, Transcaucacus, Caspian Sea, Turkestan, Uzbekistan and ne. Kazakhstan (Semipalatinsk).
(2) N. Iran.
(3) Afghanistan, e. Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, and the n. Kirgiz steppes e. to w. Chian (Tien Shan and Tarim Basin to Lop Nur, E. Xinjiang).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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