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Scaled Pigeon

Patagioenas speciosa

Least Concern

Envergadura

36,9 cm

Peso

279,0 g

Familia

Columbidae

Orden

Columbiformes

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Striking forest pigeon, 30–33 cm, with heavily scalloped black-and-white upperpart feathers creating a bold patterned effect. Inhabits lowland and foothill tropical forests from Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and Brazil. Frugivore of forest fruits and berries. Inconspicuous despite distinctive plumage. Least Concern.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	36,9 cm	14.5 in
Peso	279,0 g	9.84 oz

Identificación

Plumaje

Bare-eyed Pigeon: pale gray; bare orange-red orbital skin; white neck scaling; pale below; Caribbean neotropical pigeon; bare eye

Habitat & Range

🌲 Bosque

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamiento y reproducción

Nidificación

Nest type: PL.

Tamaño de la puesta

1-2

Sonido

Canto

Deep, resonant cooing with scaled quality; warm carrying notes echoing through dense neotropical humid forest.

Taxonomía

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Orden	Columbiformes (Palomas y Tórtolas)
Familia	Columbidae (Palomas y Tórtolas)
Genus	Patagioenas
Especies	Patagioenas speciosa

Distribution

Scaled Pigeon has been recorded in 4 countries.

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Presente Not recorded