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| Columba oenas |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: Columbidae |
Order: Columbiformes |
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Stock dove |
Pigeon colombin |
Paloma zurita |
Hohltaube |
| Migration: partial |
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intercontinental |
Northern populations, like those of Fenno-Scandia and E Europe, are almost all migratory; moving further south,
populations are progressively less migratory; in S Europe and Asia Minor birds mainly resident. Birds winter in
Iberia and southern half of France, as well as rest of N Mediterranean basin. (del Hoyo J, Elliott
A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |