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Columba hodgsonii

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Columba hodgsonii Life habits and morphological characteristics

Medium (38 cm) brown grey pigeon. Wing coverts with many white spots. It is distinguished from all other pigeon species by its long, ringed neck feathers and non-metallic body feathers. Head gray, upper back purple, lower back gray. Iris - grey; Mouth - black, mouth base purple; Feet - yellow-green, claws bright yellow.

Columba hodgsonii Distribution range and habitat

It is distributed in Eurasia and northern Africa, including the whole of Europe, Africa north of the Tropic of Return, the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas - Hengduan Mountains - Minshan Mountains - Qinling Mountains - Huai River. The Indian subcontinent and the southwestern part of China, including India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and the southeastern part of China's Tibet. Indochina Peninsula and southeast coastal areas of China, including Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, southeast coastal areas of China, Hong Kong region of China, Hainan Island.

Columba hodgsonii Detailed Introduction

Columba hodgsonii, or Speckled Wood Pigeon, is not known.

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Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1: Red List of Birds 2010.


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