Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbus
Summary 7
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.
Biology 8
Woodpigeons feed on grains, fruits, seeds, peas and beans, root crops and the occasional invertebrate (3). Courtship displays involve birds flying fairly high before clapping the wings together and gliding down, as well as males strutting and fluffing out their chest feathers (3). The male brings nesting materials to the female, who builds an untidy platform-like nest, usually in a tree, before laying 2 white eggs (3). Both sexes incubate the eggs for around 17 days; they then feed the young (known as squabs), on 'pigeon milk', a regurgitated milky substance from a food-storage organ called the crop (3). The squabs fledge 29-35 days after hatching (3).
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Erik Jørgensen, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/30108199@N00/3521324956
- (c) Andreas Trepte, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Common_Wood_Pigeon.jpg
- (c) Biopix, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Columba-palumbus-00003.jpg
- (c) Donald Hobern, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7228/7221033602_f70aa159e1_o.jpg
- (c) Kari Pihlaviita, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6325992152_eabcc6f0dd_o.jpg
- (c) José María Escolano, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4841715054_df922d7b82.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba_palumbus
- (c) Wildscreen, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/6681483
