Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae (Pigeons and Doves)
- GenusColumba (Typical Old World Pigeons)
- SpeciesColumba palumbus (Wood Pigeon)
Closest Relatives at Aigüestortes National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Wood Pigeon in Aigüestortes National Park?
About 30% of visitor-days record a Wood Pigeon sighting in Aigüestortes National Park, based on 190 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Pigeon in Aigüestortes National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Wood Pigeon in Aigüestortes National Park in our monthly data.