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The Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a bird found in United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, and 3 more countries. Woods, fields and city parks across Europe. It eats leaves and other plant parts, fruit and seeds and nuts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Common wood pigeon lives

Woods, fields and city parks across Europe.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🌿 Leaves & plants40%
• 🍎 Fruit30%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Common wood pigeon

Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL (CC0), xeno-canto XC1107845. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Common wood pigeon

Where does the Common wood pigeon live?

The Common wood pigeon lives in United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, and 3 more countries. Woods, fields and city parks across Europe.

What does the Common wood pigeon eat?

leaves and other plant parts (about 40%), fruit (about 30%), seeds and nuts (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Common wood pigeon endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Europe

• Common merganser
• Red kite
• White-tailed eagle
• Common cuckoo
• Sedge warbler
• European bee-eater

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.