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| Speckled Wood Pigeon
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Columba hodgsonii
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Species (monotypic); i.e. no subspecies/races
Columba hodgsonii Vigors 1832 Proc. Zool. Soc. London p16 |
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This Wood-Pigeon is a winter visitor to the forests at the foot of the hills round the Nepal Valley [Kathmandu]. It is fairly common in certain places from December to February, associating in small flocks (J Scully-1879, Stray Feathers viii, p339).
zoom in/out (Max 2X)  Entire Himalaya and East NE India hills This elegant species is found in the woods of the valley of Nepal. It is seen exclusively in the wild state, and is very shy, seldom or never entering the cultivated fields for the purpose of feeding, but adhering almost always to the woods, and living upon their produce, in the shape of grass, seeds, and berries (Brian Hodgson-1836, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, p122). References: Grimmett, R., Inskipp C. & Inskipp T. (2011): Birds of the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, 2nd Ed., p.190, Published by Christopher Helm, London Rasmussen, P.C. & Anderton, J.C. (2005): Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2 Volumes), v.1, p.144, v.2, p.206. Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA and Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. |
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