Wood pigeon, wood-pigeon or woodpigeon may refer to:
Birds
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Common wood pigeon, endemic to Europe and western Asia
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Columba (bird)
The large bird genus ''Columba'' comprises a group of medium to large pigeons. The terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used indiscriminately for smaller and larger Columbidae, respectively. ''Columba'' species – at least those of ''Columba sensu ...
, any "Old World" pigeon
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Andaman wood pigeon (''C. palumboides'') of India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Ashy wood pigeon
The ashy wood pigeon (''Columba pulchricollis'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, found in temperate forests of southeastern Asia.
Distribution
The ashy wood pigeon has a wide range throughout Southeast Asia, able to be found in ...
(''C. pulchricollis'') of South and Southeast Asia
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Japanese wood pigeon
The Japanese wood pigeon (''Columba janthina'') is a species of columbid bird. It is found in East Asia along shorelines of the Pacific's Korea Strait, Philippine Sea and East China Sea. They are believed to be the largest representative of t ...
(''C. janthina'') of East Asia
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Nilgiri wood pigeon (''C. elphinstonii'') of southwestern India
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Pale-capped pigeon
The pale-capped pigeon (''Columba punicea''), also known as the purple wood pigeon, is a species of large pigeon that is found patchily distributed in parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has a slow flight and spends a lot of t ...
(''C. punicea'') of South and Southeast Asia
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Sri Lanka wood pigeon
The Sri Lanka wood pigeon (''Columba torringtoniae'') is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri Lanka.
This species nests in damp evergreen woodlands in the central highlands, building a stick nest in a tree ...
(''C. torringtoniae'')
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Speckled wood pigeon
The speckled wood pigeon (''Columba hodgsonii'') is a medium-sized pigeon of the family Columbidae which lives in montane forests of Kashmir to Northeast India, eastern Tibet, central China, Yunnan and Myanmar.
Description
The upper body of th ...
(''C. hodgsonii'') of subtropical Asia
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pigeon species:
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Kererū (''Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae'') of New Zealand
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Wood dove
''Turtur'' is a small genus of doves native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Species in this genus are known as wood doves.
The genus ''Turtur'' was introduced in 1783 by the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert to accommodate the blue-spotted wood dove
Th ...
s (''Turtur'') of sub-Saharan Africa
Arts and entertainment
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Wood Pigeon (film), a 1970 Iranian drama film
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Woodpigeon (band)
Woodpigeon are a Canadian indie pop collective founded in Calgary and presently based in Montréal. It is led by and performs the songs of Mark Andrew Hamilton. Woodpigeon have released six studio albums, and a number of EPs to critical acclaim, ...
, a Canadian indie-pop collective
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