Stock dove

Columba oenas
Pigeons (Columbidae)

Green neck marking.
Stock doveon RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Blue-grey dove with an orange-pink breast marking and a shiny green marking on the sides of the neck. On the wings and along the tail a black band. Black eyes and a pink white based beak. 

Launches with some wing noise. Breeds in hollow deciduous trees year round, with up to four broods a year, both sexes attend to the chicks.  

⇔ l. 28-32 cm

Partly migratory. In the south and west Europe, it stays in winter.

LA:
≈ The COLUMBA PALUMBUS (Wood pigeon) is sturdier with a white neck marking. 
≈ The COLUMBA LIVIA (Rock dove) is lighter grey with a white rump.

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