---
title: "Colombaccio"
description: "Columba palumbus — Uccelli. The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known simply as the wood pigeon, is a large pigeon native to the western Palearctic."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-wood-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Colombaccio

> Columba palumbus — Uccelli. The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known simply as the wood pigeon, is a large pigeon native to the western Palearctic.

- Scientific name: *Columba palumbus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `urban` (Città e giardini), `farm` (Fattoria)
- iNaturalist observations: 187082
- Wikidata: [Q26026](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26026)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3048](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3048)

## Names

- en: Common Wood-Pigeon
- de: Ringeltaube
- es: Paloma torcaz
- fr: Pigeon ramier
- it: Colombaccio
- nl: Houtduif
- pt: Pombo-torcaz
- pl: Grzywacz

## Countries with the most observations

GB (34388), RU (21805), DE (19211), ES (12406), FR (12086), IT (7580), CZ (4634), UA (4287), DK (3760), PL (3656), NL (3462), PT (3321)

## Summary

The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known simply as the wood pigeon, is a large pigeon native to the western Palearctic. It belongs to the genus Columba, which includes closely related species such as the rock dove (Columba livia). It has a flexible diet, feeding mainly on plant material, including cereals, and is therefore considered an agricultural pest. Wood pigeons are extensively hunted over much of their range, but this does not appear to have a major impact on their population numbers.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_wood_pigeon

## Photo

![Colombaccio](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-wood-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: gianluigi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74136001

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-wood-pigeon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).