Pigeons & Doves in Finland
Our list for Finland has 5 pigeons & doves recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Finland in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorUncommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- European Turtle-dove 26–28 cm
- Eurasian Collared Dove 31–33 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Stock Dove 32–34 cm
- Woodpigeon 40–45 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made