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 Cévennes 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 Cévennes National Park?
About 43% of visitor-days record a Wood Pigeon sighting in Cévennes National Park, based on 140 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Pigeon in Cévennes National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Wood Pigeon in Cévennes National Park in our monthly data.