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[[Image:Short-billed_Pigeon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Robert_Scanlon]] | [[Image:Short-billed_Pigeon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Robert_Scanlon]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 26.5 cm. Wine-purple, browner on the belly and olive-brown on the back. The tail and primary flight feathers are black, the bill is black, and the legs and eyes are purple-red. The female is slightly duller and browner than the male, and the juvenile bird has a greyish brown head, neck and breast, with cinnamon scaling on the head and upperparts. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Southern [[Mexico]] south to northwestern [[Colombia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Lowland forest canopy and semi-open woodland. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | It builds a basic platform nest out of twigs 5-30 m high in a tree or amongst vines. It lays 1 white egg. | ||
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| + | The diet includes mistletoe, fruits and berries, or small invertebrates. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Patagioenas+nigrirostris}} | {{GSearch|Patagioenas+nigrirostris}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:23, 15 April 2008
- Patagioenas nigrirostris
Identification
26.5 cm. Wine-purple, browner on the belly and olive-brown on the back. The tail and primary flight feathers are black, the bill is black, and the legs and eyes are purple-red. The female is slightly duller and browner than the male, and the juvenile bird has a greyish brown head, neck and breast, with cinnamon scaling on the head and upperparts.
Distribution
Southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Lowland forest canopy and semi-open woodland.
Behaviour
It builds a basic platform nest out of twigs 5-30 m high in a tree or amongst vines. It lays 1 white egg.
The diet includes mistletoe, fruits and berries, or small invertebrates.
