Speckled Wood-pigeon

Speckled Wood-pigeon

Taxobox
name = Speckled Wood-pigeon
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = " Columba"
species = "C. hodgsonii"
binomial = "Columba hodgsonii"
binomial_authority = Vigors, 1832

The Speckled Wood-pigeon ("Columba hodgsonii") is a medium-sized pigeon of the Columbidae family which lives in the northeastern parts of India and Pakistan and the Himalayas.

Appearance

The upper body of the Speckled Wood-pigeon is maroon-brown except for its neck, which, like many pigeons, is iridescent. Its lower body features the speckles which give it its name. The bird is 38 centimeters in length.

External links

[http://www.nerdybirders.com/html/birds/Speckled-Wood-Pigeon.html Picture of the Speckled Wood-pigeon]


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