Species Cards

Wood Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Group:

Animal, Bird

Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus). Erica Bower

© Erica Bower

Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Food chain :

Herbivore

What it eats :

Seeds, leaves (especially cabbages!), berries and tree buds.

Eaten by:

Sparrowhawk, kestrel, fox

Habitat:

WoodlandWoodland

Description:

A large mainly grey bird with white flashes on the side of the neck and white wing patches.


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