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Columba palumbus (common wood-pigeon)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Columba palumbus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Columba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Columba palumbus Linnaeus
1927Columba palumbus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 85
1930Columba palumbus Hay p. 345
1988Columba palumbus Weesie p. 30 figs. Pl 6, figs 18-22
2002Columba palumbus Mlikovsky p. 222
2017Columba palumbus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusColumba
speciespalumbus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Columba palumbus Linnaeus 1758 [common wood-pigeon]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:14:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) Columba palumbus (214536)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Columba palumbus (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Columba palumbus (125447)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Columba palumbus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Columba palumbus (197786 197926)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Columba palumbus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Columba palumbus (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Columba palumbus (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Columba palumbus (92902 192948 192949 192950 192951 192955 192957 192965)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Columba palumbus (199942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (England) Columba palumbus (125446)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Wales) Columba palumbus (125439)