Caption

Under a green canopy... Stock Dove (Columba oenas) in the forest, the only native wild pigeon that breeds in caves, cave breeder, formerly a typical forest bird, but increasingly 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

May 13, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/wunderbare Erde Gordana & Ralf Kistowski

Reference

BRK25M97_014

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,1Mb (1,8Mb) / 12,4in x 18,6in / 3712 x 5568 (300dpi)

Keywords

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