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Stock Dove Columba oenas [Linnaeus, 1758]
Other Names
Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
BTO Codes:
SD, STODO
EURING No:
6680
Number in Britain:
309 thousand territories (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
oenas recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
33 cm
Wingspan:
66 cm
Weight:
M/F: 300 g
Scientific name from:
L.: columba =a pigeon or dove
and Gr.: oinas =a pigeon
World Distribution:
Europe, c Asia, nw Africa
Habitat:
Farmland, towns, open woodlands
Diet:
Seeds, leaves and buds, occasionally invertebrates
TitBit:
A hole-nester, Stock Doves will even nest in rabbit holes, and of old East Anglian warreners would place crossed-sticks so the parents could continue to feed the chicks while preventing them from leaving the nest so they could be taken later for the pot
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Summer:
309 thousand territories
in 2000
First Record:
15th Century
[Fossil evidence from
Devensian (last) glaciation, 10-120,000 yr ago]
Conservation Status:
AMBER
because
Important Breeding Population
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern:
oenas AMBER (Important Population)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Arable Farmland
Also common in:
Villages, Deciduous Wood
And found in:
Pasture Farmland
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer:
520 to 710 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(II*), Bern(III)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
38 x 29 mm
Egg Weight:
16.7 g (of which 7 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
368
Clutch Size:
2 eggs
2.04 ± 0.34 (1 - 3) N = 2223
Incubation:
21- 23 days
21.90 ± 2.53 (17.5 - 26.5) N = 2207
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
28 - 29days
28.00 ± 3.14 (21 - 33) N = 2665
as:
Altricial, downy
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
4 Jun (6 Apr - 24 Aug)
Number of Broods:
1-4
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed:
652
Adult Survival:
0.550
Juvenile Survival:
0.400 (in First-Year)
Age at First Breeding:
1
year
Typical Lifespan:
3
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
9yr 2m
(Switzerland: 12yr 7m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
E
Wing Length
Adult:
222.4 ± 8.4
Range
210 - 234 mm, N =316
Juvenile:
210.7 ± 9.2
192 - 223 mm, N =38
Male:
225.0 ± 6.3
216 - 236 mm, N =45
Female:
224.4 ± 10.6
210 - 235 mm, N =73
Weight
Adult:
326.3 ± 40.84
Range
245.0 - 387.0 g , N =141
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
335.6 ± 36.79
274.0 - 400.0 g , N =27
Female:
329.0 ± 37.10 .
280.0 - 390.0 g , N =51
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Stock Pigeon
Gaelic:
Calman-gorm
Welsh:
Colomen Wyllt
Danish:
Huldue
Dutch:
Holeduif
Finnish:
Uuttukyyhky
French:
Pigeon colombin
German:
Hohltaube
Hungarian:
Kék galamb
Icelandic:
Holudúfa
Irish:
Colm Gorm
Italian:
Colombella
Norwegian:
Skogdue
Polish:
Siniak
Portuguese:
Pombo-bravo
Spanish:
Paloma zurita
Swedish:
Skogsduva
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Goodwin, D. 1983 Pigeons and doves of the world (3rd ed) Cornell University Press, Ithaca
[598.623 GOO]
See Also:
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