Common wood pigeon

Common wood pigeon Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Perched on a garden fence post, England
Song
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Columba
Species:	C. palumbus
Binomial name
Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758
Global range   Year-round range   Summer range   Winter range

The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known as simply wood pigeon, is a large species in the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae), native to the western Palearctic. It belongs to the genus Columba, which includes closely related species such as the rock dove (Columba livia). It has a flexible diet, predominantly feeding on vegetable matter, including cereal crops, leading to them being regarded as an agricultural pest. Wood pigeons are extensively hunted over large parts of their range, but this does not seem to have a great impact on their population.