Common Woodpigeon, Columba palumbus, is a species of pigeon found in cropland, woodland and forest and urban ecosystems.

Columba palumbus azorica, the subspecies endemic to the Azores Islands of Portugal, has a breeding population size of 2-5 pairs and a breeding range size of 7500 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Unknown in the short term and Unknown in the long term. Columba palumbus palumbus, the subspecies found elsewhere in Europe, has a breeding population size of 19000000-26400000 pairs and a breeding range size of 3870000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term.

The EU population status assessment was carried out at the species level, Columba palumbus. Columba palumbus has a breeding population size of 19000000-26400000 pairs in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Increasing in the short term and Increasing in the long term.

The EU population status of Columba palumbus was assessed as Secure, because the species does not meet any of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened or Near Threatened, or the criteria for Depleted or Declining (the EU27 population or range has not declined by 20% or more since 1980).