Columba palumbus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES Columbiformes Columbidae

Scientific Name: Columba palumbus
Species Authority: Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name/s:
English – Common Wood-pigeon, Common Woodpigeon, Common Wood Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Wood Pigeon
French – Pigeon Ramier

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2009
Assessor/s BirdLife International
Evaluator/s: Bird, J., Butchart, S.(BirdLife International)
Justification:
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History:
2008 – Least Concern
2004 – Least Concern
2000 – Lower Risk/least concern
1994 – Lower Risk/least concern
1988 – Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lebanon; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Nepal; Netherlands; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Uzbekistan; Western Sahara
Vagrant:
Egypt; Gibraltar; Jordan; Kuwait; Mauritania; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; United Arab Emirates

Population [top]

Population: In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 9000000-17000000 breeding pairs, equating to 27000000-51000000 individuals (BirdLife International 2004). Europe forms 75-94% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 30000000-70000000 individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: BirdLife International 2009. Columba palumbus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 March 2010.
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