Common wood pigeon by Kordouane
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Description
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"; This name has given rise to several areas known for keeping pigeons to be named after it, such as Culver Down.
The genus name Columba is the Latin word meaning "pigeon, dove", whose older etymology comes from the Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kolumbos), "a diver", from κολυμβάω (kolumbao), "dive, plunge headlong, swim". Aristophanes (Birds, 304) and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbis), "diver", for the name of the bird, because of its swimming motion in the air. The specific epithet palumbus is derived from the Latin palumbes, "wood pigeon".
Comments (8)
beachsidelegs
I had a baby wood pigeon fall out a tree and bounce off my shoulder years ago it had no feathers as I could not climb the tree to put it back so I stuck it under my armpit to keep it warm and my dad looked after it until it was old enough to set free he was a beauty as is your picture thanks for the memory :)
miwi
Deva3D
It is beautiful!
Awesome images!
LivingPixels
One of my fav Doves stunning shot!!!
DukeNukem2005
That's very beautiful!
blinkings
Pretty bird.
anitalee
Excellent
hilmarion
belle photo