Stock Dove
Columba oenas
As a hole-nester, the stock dove depends heavily on old trees and often uses abandoned black woodpecker holes. It differs from the wood pigeon in lacking white neck and wing markings and in its dark eyes.
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- 2024
Profile: Stock Dove
- Family
- Pigeons and doves (Columbidae)
- Size
- 28–32 cm
- Wingspan
- approx. 60–66 cm
- Weight
- approx. 285–365 g
- Habitat
- Woodland with stands of old trees where black woodpeckers leave nest holes, as well as parks; it forages on fields and grassland.
- Diet
- Seeds, wild herbs, berries, fruit, acorns and other plant material, mostly gathered on fields and grassland.
- When to see
- Migrant or partial migrant: Central European birds mostly winter in western and southern Europe; here it can be seen roughly from February to November.
Learn more: Wikipedia · NABU (German)