Pigeons & Doves in Galway
Our list for Galway has 5 pigeons & doves recorded regularly there: 4 residents and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Galway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentRare32–34 cmRegularly Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantRare26–28 cmRegularly Sep
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