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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]
Patagioenas is a genus of New World pigeons whose distinctness from the genus Columba was long disputed but ultimately confirmed. It is basal to the Columba-Streptopelia radiation with their ancestors diverging from that lineage likely over 8 million years ago.
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
The three Western European Columba pigeons, common wood pigeon, stock dove and rock dove, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the common wood pigeon may be identified at once by its larger size at 38–44.5 cm (15– 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) and weight 300–615 g (10 + 5 ⁄ 8 – 21 + 3 ⁄ 4 oz), and the white on its ...
St. Columba's National School in Drumcondra is a girls' school named after the saint. [ 29 ] St. Colmcille's Primary School [ 30 ] and St. Colmcille's Community School [ 31 ] are two schools in Knocklyon , Dublin, named after him, with the former having an annual day dedicated to the saint on 9 June.
The stock dove (Columba oenas) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It is widely distributed in the western Palearctic, north to central Scandinavia and south to northwest Africa. Western and southern populations are resident, while northeastern populations are migratory to avoid the colder winters there.
Columba leucocephala: White-crowned pigeon NT VU 4,7 Birds Contopus cooperi: Olive-sided flycatcher NT DD Birds Crax rubra: Great curassow VU VU 4,9 Birds Dendrocygna autumnalis: Black-bellied whistling duck VU 4,10 Birds Dendrocygna bicolor: Fulvous whistling duck VU 4,10 Birds Dendroica cerulea: Cerulean warbler VU VU Birds Egretta rufescens ...