Species profile
Stock Pigeon
Columba oenas
Quick answer
C. caerulescens, collo supra viridi-nitente, fascia alarum apiceque caudae nigricante. Fn. svec. 174. Oenas s. Vinago. Aldr. orn. l. 15. c. 7. Will. orn. 136. t. 35. Raj. av 62. Alb. av. 3. p. 39. t. 42. 44.
- Scientific name
- Columba oenas
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Genus
- Columba
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Columbidae
- Adamawa Turtle-dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
- African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Columba amboinensis)
- Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
- Andaman Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia rufipennis)
- Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)