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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 40cm. Metallic green with green and copper on the neck. Dark grey head and upper neck, flight feathers and breast. Very short, white tail. There is a black knob on the base of the bill, dark red legs. | |
| − | + | Females are slightly smaller than males; they have a smaller bill knob, and browner underparts. Immature birds have a black tail. | |
| − | Females are slightly smaller than males; they have a smaller bill knob, | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Indonesia]] and the [[Nicobar Islands]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas. | It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas. | ||
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Off shore islets; forest | Off shore islets; forest | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | It flies in flocks from island to island, including inhabited sites | |
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| + | Diet includes seeds, fruit and some invertebrates, and is attracted to areas where grain is available. | ||
| − | + | It nests in dense forest, building a stick nest in a tree and laying one elliptical, faintly blue-tinged white egg. | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Caloenas+nicobarica}} | {{GSearch|Caloenas+nicobarica}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=682&Bird_Image_ID=6656&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=682&Bird_Image_ID=6656&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 30 October 2007
- Caloenas nicobarica
Identification
40cm. Metallic green with green and copper on the neck. Dark grey head and upper neck, flight feathers and breast. Very short, white tail. There is a black knob on the base of the bill, dark red legs. Females are slightly smaller than males; they have a smaller bill knob, and browner underparts. Immature birds have a black tail.
Distribution
Indonesia and the Nicobar Islands.
Taxonomy
It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas.
Habitat
Off shore islets; forest
Behaviour
It flies in flocks from island to island, including inhabited sites
Diet includes seeds, fruit and some invertebrates, and is attracted to areas where grain is available.
It nests in dense forest, building a stick nest in a tree and laying one elliptical, faintly blue-tinged white egg.
