Short-billed Pigeon - BirdForum Opus

Patagioenas nigrirostris

Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Achiote Road, Panama, January 2004

Identification

26.5 cm

• Reddish-purple plumage, browner on the belly
• Olive-brown upperparts
• Tail and primary flight feathers are darker olive-brown than the rest of the bird
• Black bill
• Reddish-purple legs and eyes
  

Female: slightly duller and browner than the male
Juvenile

• Greyish brown head, neck and breast
• Cinnamon scaling on the head and upperparts.

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: south-eastern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: north-western Colombia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
American members of what used to be genus Columba are now in genus Patagioenas.

Habitat

Lowland rainforests; canopy and semi-open woodland.

Behaviour

Breeding

A single white egg is laid into a basic platform nest formed from twigs and placed 5-30 m up in a tree or amongst vines.

Diet

The diet includes mistletoe, fruits and berries, or small invertebrates.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Short-billed Pigeon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Short-billed_Pigeon

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