Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

The common wood pigeon may be identified at once by its size at 38–44.5 cm , and the white on its neck and wing. It is otherwise a basically grey bird, with a pinkish breast. The . wingspan can range from 68 to 80 cm. Adult birds bear a series of green and white patches on their necks, and a pink patch on their chest.

Feral pigeons, also called city doves, city pigeons, or street pigeons, are pigeons that are derived from the domestic pigeons that have returned to the wild. The domestic pigeon was originally bred from the wild rock dove, which naturally inhabits sea-cliffs and mountains. Rock (i.e., "wild"), domestic, and feral pigeons are all the same species and will readily interbreed.

It is a medium-sized dove, distinctly smaller than the wood pigeon, similar in length to a rock pigeon but slimmer and longer-tailed, and slightly larger than the related turtle dove, with an average length of 32 cm from tip of beak to tip of tail, with a wingspan of 47–55 cm, and a weight of 125–240 g. It is grey-buff to pinkish-grey overall, a little darker above than below, with a blue-grey under wing patch. The tail feathers are grey-buff above, and dark grey tipped white below; the outer tail feathers also tipped whitish above.