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Stock Dove

Columba oenas

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) Ross McCallum, CC0

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 54,888, February 40,539, March 63,515, April 99,925, May 144,075, June 157,105, July 168,113, August 144,576, September 106,144, October 79,229, November 43,294, December 33,838.
United States1,135,241
Alaska1,135,241
Russia3,510
United Kingdom2,937
England2,673
Germany612
Netherlands512
France414
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast384
Spain380

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPigeons and Doves · Columbiformes
FamilyPigeons and Doves · Columbidae
GenusTypical Old World Pigeons · Columba

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