Caption

Rather rare native wild pigeon... Stock Dove (Columba oenas), the only native wild pigeon that breeds in caves, cave breeder, formerly a typical forest bird, but increasingly also to be observed in open country, also breeds in nesting boxes, resembles the city pigeon, but has dark beady eyes and no white in its plumage, rather rare pigeon species, native nature, Lower Rhine, Rhine district of Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

Apr 08, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M96_467

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36,4Mb (1,5Mb) / 14,6in x 9,7in / 4368 x 2912 (300dpi)

Keywords

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