Skogdue, Stock Pigeon
Photo: © R. Gross



Photo: © Steve Dahlfors
In the northern part of its European and western Asiatic range the Stock Pigeon is a migrant, elsewhere it is a well distributed and often
plentiful. The haunts of the Stock Pigeon are in more or less open country, for though it often nests in trees it prefers parklands to thick
woods. It is also common on coasts where the cliffs provide holes. Its flight is quick, performed by regular beats, with an occasional
sharp flick of the wings, characteristic of pigeons in general.
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