Pigeons Collection (#32)

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Pigeons (Columba Livia) in a London park. London, UK

Luzon Bleeding Heart Pigeon
PM-2079 Luzon Bleeding Heart Pigeon Gallicolumba luzonica Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon - Close up of an adult bird's head and upper body. England, UK
DK-242 Wood Pigeon - Close up of an adult bird's head and upper body Gloucestershire, UK Columba palumbus David Kilbey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

San Francisco Monastery in Lima Centro District, Lima, Peru, South America

Entrance to Wood Pigeon hunting area - Pine Forest - Les Landes - France
WAT-15270 Entrance to Wood Pigeon hunting area Pine Forest - Les Landes - France M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Common Crane - in flight with Wood Pigeons & Doves in the background - Landes - France
WAT-15255 Common Crane - in flight with Wood Pigeons & Doves in the background Landes - France Grus grus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wood Pigeon - large flock in flight - Landes - France
WAT-15256 Wood Pigeon - large flock in flight Landes - France Columba palumbus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Wood Pigeon - on fence post, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-4047 Wood Pigeon - on fence post Lower Saxony, Germany Columba palumbus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Spinifex Pigeon - Canteen Creek Aboriginal Community, Northern Territory, Australia
DH-4517 Spinifex Pigeon Canteen Creek Aboriginal Community, Northern Territory, Australia Geophaps plumifera The sprinkler was on and this bird was alternatively rain bathing

Wood Pigeon WAT 6830 On nest Columba palumbus © M. Watson / ARDEA LONDON
WAT-6830 Woodpigeon - on nest Columba palumbus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Domestic Pigeon
WAT-15122 Domestic Pigeon Camargue - Bouches du Rhone - France M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Green Imperial Pigeon - Komodo Island - Indonesia
WAT-14773 Green Imperial Pigeon Komodo Island - Indonesia Ducula aenea M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon SPH 1901 UK Columba palumbus © Steve Hopkin / ARDEA LONDON
SPH-1901 WOODPIGEON - ON GRASS UK Columba palumbus Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Crested Pigeon - adult pigeon sitting on a dead tree branch looking out - Western Australia, Australia
SAS-999 Crested Pigeon - adult pigeon sitting on a dead tree branch looking out Western Australia, Australia Ocyphaps lopothes Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal

Crested Pigeon - lateral view of a crested pigeon sitting in red sand - Northern Territory, Australia
SAS-998 Crested Pigeon - lateral view of a crested pigeon sitting in red sand Northern Territory, Australia Ocyphaps lopothes Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal

Spinifex Pigeon - adult foraging for seeds amidst dried-up grass - Hamersley Range, Karijini National Park
SAS-1034 Spinifex Pigeon - adult foraging for seeds amidst dried-up grass Hamersley Range, Karijini National Park, Western Australia

Western crowned-pigeon. Also known as: Blue crowned-pigeon, common crowned pigeon, great goura and masked pigeon
PS-7069 Western crowned-pigeon. Also known as: Blue crowned-pigeon, common crowned pigeon, great goura and masked pigeon Goura cristata Status: Vulnerable

Speckled Pigeon
PS-2271 Speckled PIGEON - sits on rock Columba guinea Peter Steyn Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

White Throated Pigeon KFO 942 aka Metallic Pigeon / White Throated Wood Pigeon Philippines to N. Guinea and E
KFO-942 White Throated Pigeon Philippines to N. Guinea and E. to Samoa Columba vitiensis aka Metallic Pigeon / White Throated Wood Pigeon Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal

Luzon Bleeding Heart Piageon
KF-1565A Luzon Bleeding Heart Pigeon Gallicolumba luzonica Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Common Bronzewing Western Australia
GET-958 Common BRONZEWING Western Australia Phaps chalcoptera Geoff Trinder Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon - at edge of garden pond - Lincolnshire - UK
GET-1737 Wood Pigeon - at edge of garden pond Lincolnshire - UK Columba palumbus Geoff Trinder Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Eurasian Lynx - Catching pigeon prey in snow - Jura Mountains - eastern France JFL00198
FL-3022 Eurasian Lynx - Catching pigeon prey in snow Jura Mountains - eastern France Lynx lynx Ferrero Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Nicobar Pigeon - preening
DH-761 NICOBAR PIGEON - PREENING Caloenas nicobarica Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Crested Pigeon - Drinking from waterhole - Well 33 Canning Stock Route, Western Australia
DH-4432 Crested Pigeon - Drinking from waterhole Well 33 Canning Stock Route, Western Australia. Ocyphaps lophotes Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Pacific Imperial Pigeon DH 2768 Immature - Nukumanu atoll (Tasmans) Nth Solomons
DH-2768 Pacific Imperial Pigeon - Immature Nukumanu atoll (Tasmans) Nth Solomons, PNG Ducula pacifica Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wood Pigeon CK 1988 Columba palumbus © Chris knights / ARDEA LONDON
CK-1988 WOODPIGEON - close-up of head Columba palumbus Chris Knights Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Band-tailed Pigeon - Perched on branch - Arizona - USA
CAN-3622 Band-tailed Pigeon - Perched on branch Arizona - USA Columba fasciata John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon CAN 171 England Latin name © J. Cancalosi / ARDEA LONDON
CAN-171 WOODPIGEON - side profile on branch Columba palumbus John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Nicobar Pigeon
AP-1565 NICOBAR PIGEON Caloenas nicobarica Dennis Avon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Domestic Pigeon - Perched on sign post - in Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Eurasia
JPF-13875 Domestic Pigeon - Perched on sign post in Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Eurasia, introduced World Wide Sus scrofa domestica Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that

Wood Pigeons In garden with Forget-me-nots behind Norfolk UK
FEU-519 Wood Pigeons In garden with Forget-me-nots behind Norfolk UK Columba palumbus Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeons Mating on Roof Norfolk UK
FEU-518 Wood Pigeons Mating on Roof Norfolk UK Columba palumbus Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Feral Pigeon - In Flight Columba livia Sussex, UK BI015241
COS-2666 Feral Pigeon - In Flight Sussex, UK Columba livia Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Woodpigeon - perched on wooden sign, Texel, Holland
USH-3644 Woodpigeon - perched on wooden sign Texel, Holland Columba palumbus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Domestic Pigeons - at wildfowl feeding bin in zoo, Dortmund, Germany
USH-3573 Domestic Pigeons - at wildfowl feeding bin in zoo Dortmund, Germany Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Illustration: Mauritius Blue Pigeon- from Rothshchild 1907, original artwork by J G Keulemans
PM-9682 Illustration: Mauritius Blue Pigeon - from Rothshchild 1907, original artwork by J G Keulemans Extinct Alectroenas nitidissima Extinct Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal

Pied Imperial Pigeon - Coastal New Guinea forests
PM-10379 Pied Imperial Pigeon Coastal New Guinea forests Ducula bicolor Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Feral Pigeon walking - pigeons walk, other birds hop
PM-10296 Feral Pigeon walking Columba livia Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wood Pigeon - flock, alighing on stubble field
WAT-6762 Wood Pigeon - flock, alighing on stubble field. Alighting on stubble field Colomba palumbus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Woodpigeon - Adult sitting on gravestone
USH-823 Woodpigeon - Adult sitting on gravestone Columba palumbus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Greylag Geese, Feral pigeons, Mallard-being fed in park, Washington WWT, Tyne and Wear UK
USH-2070 Greylag Geese, Feral / Urban / Town / Rock Pigeons / Rock Dove, Mallard - being fed in park Washington Wildfowl and Weltland Trust, Tyne and Wear Anser anser Dist: North Europe, UK

Woodpigeons - Pair practising mutual preening on garden fence Sussex England
USH-1645 Woodpigeon - Pair mutual preening on garden fence Sussex England Columba palumbus Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Urban Pigeon Feral. Made in England
SPH-1908 Feral / Urban / Town / Rock PIGEONS / Rock Dove UK Columba livia Made in England Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Wood Pigeon bathing in garden pond Oxon, UK
RES-708 Wood Pigeon bathing in garden pond Oxon, UK Columba palumbus George Reszeter Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Ferel / Town Pigeon - on old building
ME-967 Feral / Urban / Town / Rock PIGEONS / Rock Dove - on old building Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Rock Pigeon - feral pigeon
JZ-2457 Feral / Urban / Town / Rock PIGEONS / Rock Dove - feral pigeon USA Columba livia Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Rock Pigeon / Columba livia
JZ-2331 Rock Pigeon Columba livia Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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