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Photo © by Vipul Ramanuj
Rajasthan, India, January 2016

Alternative name: Pale-backed Pigeon

Columba eversmanni

Photo © by Alok Tewari
Jorbeer Conservation Reserve, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, 21 February 2022

Identification

Photo © by Alok Tewari
Part of a large foraging flock, feeding on grass seeds, little after day-break.
Jorbeer Conservation Reserve, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India, 22 February 2022

25–31 cm (9¾-12 in)

Mainly bluish-grey overall plumage
Pinkish crown and breast
Whitish underwing-coverts, lower back and upper rump
Yellow eyes and eye-ring

Distribution

Middle East and Asia: found from north-eastern Iran to Siberia, north-western India and extreme western China.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Steppe and nearby lowlands, deserts. Open, semi arid, sparsely wooded habitats in the mountains.

Behaviour

Usually found in flocks.

Diet

They forage on the ground for seeds, grain and other cereals.

Breeding

They nest in cracks in cliffs and in roller burrows.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
birdbase.hokkaido
BirdLife International
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
Wikipedia

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-eyed Pigeon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-eyed_Pigeon

External Links

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+[[Image:YEPigeonVR.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo © by {{user|Vipul+Ramanuj|Vipul Ramanuj}}<br /> Rajasthan, [[India]], January 2016]]
+'''Alternative name: Pale-backed Pigeon'''
 ;[[:Category:Columba|Columba]] eversmanni
+[[Image:Yellow_Eyed_Pigeon_alok_2.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Jorbeer Conservation Reserve, Bikaner, Rajasthan, [[India]], 21 February 2022]]
 ==Identification==
-This species has declined rapidly in the past. These factors qualify it as Vulnerable.
+[[Image:Yellow_Eyed_Pigeon_alok_3.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br />Part of a large foraging flock, feeding on grass seeds, little after day-break.<br />Jorbeer Conservation Reserve, Bikaner, Rajasthan, [[India]], 22 February 2022]]
+–31 cm (9¾-12 in)
+*Mainly bluish-grey overall plumage
+*Pinkish crown and breast
+*Whitish underwing-[[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]], lower back and upper rump
+*Yellow eyes and eye-ring
 ==Distribution==
-Southern [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Afghanistan]], north-east [[Iran]] and extreme north-west [[China]]. It winters in north-east [[Pakistan]] and Jammu and Kashmir.
+[[Middle East]] and [[Asia]]: found from north-eastern [[Iran]] to [[Siberia]], north-western [[India]] and extreme western [[China]].
+==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
-==Taxonomy==
 ==Habitat==
-Open, sparsely wooded habitats in the mountains
+Steppe and nearby lowlands, deserts. Open, semi arid, sparsely wooded habitats in the mountains.
 ==Behaviour==
 Usually found in flocks.
+====Diet====
-Diet includes grass seeds and seeds of cereals, nuts, maize or weeds amongst stubble after harvest, and in fields that are either fallow or freshly sown.
+They forage on the ground for seeds, grain and other cereals.
+====Breeding====
+They nest in cracks in cliffs and in roller burrows.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#birdbase.hokkaido
+#BirdLife International
+#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)
+#Wikipedia
+{{ref}}
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