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Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

The Common Wood-Pigeon is a big, gentle bird with a soft cooing sound. They like to sit in trees and can often be seen in parks and gardens, where they search for seeds and berries to eat.

Lebensraum: Urban areas, Forests

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The Common Wood-Pigeon is a large, plump grey bird with a striking white patch on each side of its neck and a prominent white bar across its wings, especially visible in flight. Its breast often shows a rosy-pink hue, distinguishing it from other pigeons.

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Common Wood-Pigeon
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Common Wood-Pigeon

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A Wood-Pigeon's wings make a loud clapping sound when it takes off, startling predators!

Their nests are often so flimsy, you can sometimes see the eggs right through the bottom!

They drink water by sucking it up like a straw, unlike most birds who tip their heads back!

Wood-Pigeons can nest up to four times a year, having lots of babies quickly!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Crop Milk Power

Common Wood-Pigeons can produce 'crop milk' from their digestive system to feed their chicks, providing vital nutrients.

Fähigkeit

Aerial Acrobat

Common Wood-Pigeons have powerful wings that allow for rapid take-off and quick flight, helping them escape danger fast.

Fähigkeit

Seed Spreader

Common Wood-Pigeons can eat many types of seeds and then spread them through their droppings, helping plants grow in new places.

Fähigkeit

Alert Listener

Common Wood-Pigeons have excellent hearing that helps them detect approaching predators, giving them time to flee.

Maße und Details

Länge
40-45 cm
Flügelspannweite
75-80 cm
Gewicht
0.3-0.6 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-17 Jahre
Top Speed
90 km/h
Gelegegröße
1-2
Brutzeit
16-18 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These resourceful birds mostly eat yummy plant parts like seeds, berries, and fresh green leaves they find on the ground or in trees.

Altersunterschiede: Young chicks are fed 'crop milk' by their parents before transitioning to an adult diet of plant matter.

Hauptnahrung

  • seeds
  • berries
  • buds
  • leaves
  • grains
  • acorns

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

A fast bird of prey that often targets Wood-Pigeons.

eats

Pedunculate Oak

Quercus robur

Wood-Pigeons frequently feed on acorns from oak trees.

eaten by

Stone Marten

Martes foina

Martens can raid nests and prey on eggs, chicks, or even adults.

hunts

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Domestic cats are opportunistic predators of various birds.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to watch birds from a distance and not to chase them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Wood-Pigeon?

40-45 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Wood-Pigeon?

75-80 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Wood-Pigeon?

0.3-0.6 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Wood-Pigeon?

3-17 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Wood-Pigeon?

90 km/h

Was frisst Common Wood-Pigeon?

These resourceful birds mostly eat yummy plant parts like seeds, berries, and fresh green leaves they find on the ground or in trees.

Wo findet man Common Wood-Pigeon normalerweise?

Urban areas, Forests

Wie jagt Common Wood-Pigeon?

Foraging

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