Japanese Wood-pigeon

Japanese Wood-pigeon

Taxobox
name = Japanese Wood-pigeon


status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Columba"
species = "C. janthina"
binomial = "Columba janthina"
binomial_authority = Temminck, 1830
synonyms =

The Japanese Wood-pigeon ("Columba janthina") is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in China, Japan, Southern part of Korean peninsula, Russia, and Taiwan. They are believed to be the largest representative of the genus "Columba", at 550 grams (1.2 lb) and 43 cm (17 in).

Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/5208/all Columba janthina] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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