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Common Wood-Pigeon Range Map

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Range Map for Common Wood-Pigeon

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Migration

Nonmigratory to medium-distance migrant. The British population is nonmigratory, while birds breeding in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe migrate to southern France and Iberia. Some breeders in central Asia remain there year-round while others winter in northern India and Nepal. During migration, individuals can gather in flocks of more than 1,000 birds, and millions pass major migration bottlenecks like the western Pyrenees.

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Species in This Family

Pigeons and Doves(Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae)

Common Wood-Pigeon

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