Stats

Lifespan

3-16 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Temperate woodland

Range

Europe and Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

This large pigeon inhabits woodlands and gardens across much of Europe. It can drink water by suction, allowing it to gulp down liquid without lifting its head.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae

Genus

Columba

Species

Columba palumbus