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| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Picazuro_Pigeonsilviavitale.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|silvia.vitale|silvia.vitale}} <br/>Location: [[Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve]], Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]] ]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Overall purplish-brown plumage with dashes on the back of its neck and darker wing patterns. Red feet. | Overall purplish-brown plumage with dashes on the back of its neck and darker wing patterns. Red feet. | ||
Revision as of 06:37, 3 July 2012
- Patagioenas picazuro
Identification
Overall purplish-brown plumage with dashes on the back of its neck and darker wing patterns. Red feet.
Similar Species
Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized, picazuro and marginalis. This species has previously been placed in genus Columba.
Habitat
Woodland and forest to agricultural land.
Behaviour
Diet includes seeds and grain; they are ground feeders.
They build a nest from sticks and one egg is laid. Both parents incubate the egg. Once the egg has hatched, the chick is fed on crop milk and then regurgitated seeds.
