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Definition of Columba palumbus

Columba palumbus
Ringdove Ring"dove`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.
Columba palumbus
Queest Queest, n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zo["o]l.) The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat. [Written also quist, queeze, quice, queece.] See Ringdove.

Meaning of Columba palumbus from wikipedia

- all the other pigeons in the genus Columba and coined the binomial name Columba palumbus. The specific epithet palumbus is an alternate form of the Latin...
- dove, Columba oenas Yellow-e**** pigeon, Columba eversmanni Somali pigeon, Columba oliviae Common wood pigeon or wood pigeon, Columba palumbus Trocaz...
- The Madeiran wood pigeon (Columba palumbus maderensis) was a subspecies of the wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) endemic to Madeira (Portugal), and found...
- pigeon, Columba palumbus azorica (Portuguese: pombo-torcaz-dos-açores) is an endemic subspecies of the common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), located...
- for the Barbary dove. It may also refer to: The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), particularly in older literature The ring-necked dove (Streptopelia...
- The common wood pigeon had a poorly defined Madeiran subspecies, Columba palumbus maderensis. This was paler than the trocaz pigeon and had white wing...
- - Extinct pigeons 3. Clockwise from top left: Madeira wood pigeon (Columba palumbus maderensis) Extinct 1904, Lord Howe pigeon..." Nature Picture Library...
- Carlos Alonso; Mercado, Judit Maroto De (27 October 2016). "Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Diet Composition in Mediterranean Southern Spain". Ardeola. 64 (1):...
- flight. The English dialectal word culver appears to derive from Latin columba. A group of doves is called a "dule", taken from the French word deuil...
- most regularly on relatively large prey such as common woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) and invasive European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). This avian...