kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Columbiformes >
family: Columbidae >
subfamily: Columbinae >
genus: Columba Linnaeus, 1758 >
species: Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 >
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)