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The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily in the Caribbean . John James Audubon painted these pigeons, including the watercolour painting in his work, Birds of America , published in the early 19th century.
The pigeon family is a group of stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a worldwide distribution. [2] The white-headed pigeon is in the genus Columba, the same as the Rock dove (C. livia) from which the domestic pigeon is derived. [3]
leucocephala group (Patagioenas sensu stricto): Characterized by iridescent neck and dark plumage, or white edged outer wing coverts, or scaly appearance; groups of triple coos with the first call in each drawn out except in speciosa
Columba hispanica - Roman pigeon, a breed of rock dove [123] [126] Columba palumbus – common wood pigeon [126] Columba cyanocephala – blue-headed quail-dove [126] Columba leucocephala – white-crowned pigeon [127] Columba leucoptera - synonym white-winged dove [127] [128] Columba nicobarica – Nicobar pigeon [127] Columba macroura ...
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes 352 species in family Columbidae, the pigeons and doves.They are distributed among 50 genera. This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
A colony of white-crowned pigeons (Columba leucocephala) formerly nested on Long Cay but has been wiped out by overhunting. [3] The most dominant fish species at the reef are creole wrasse (Clepticus parrae) and blue chromis (Chromis cyanea).
C. leucocephala may refer to: Caecilia leucocephala, an amphibian species found in Colombia, Ecuador and Panama; Cladorhynchus leucocephala, a bird species in the genus Cladorhynchus; Columba leucocephala, a synonym for Patagioenas leucocephala, the white-crowned pigeon, a bird species
Rock pigeon, Columba livia (I) Scaly-naped pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa (A) White-crowned pigeon, Patagioenas leucocephala; African collared-dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea (I) Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto (I) Common ground dove, Columbina passerina; Key West quail-dove, Geotrygon chrysia; Bridled quail-dove, Geotrygon mystacea