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The Sri Lanka wood pigeon is 36 cm in length. Its upperparts and tail are dark grey, and the head and underparts are lilac, becoming paler on the belly. There is a black-and-white chessboard pattern on the nape. This pigeon can be quite easily seen in the woods of the Horton Plains National Park.
The Pompadour green pigeon, Sri Lanka green pigeon or Ceylon green pigeon (Treron pompadora) is a pigeon in the genus Treron. In Sri Lanka, this bird and several other green pigeon are known as bata goya in the Sinhala language. [2] It is found in the forests of Sri Lanka. Many authorities split the species from the pompadour green pigeon complex.
The distribution of the pompadour green pigeon is peculiarly disjunct and several are distinctive, leading many authorities to split it into six species: [2] [3] Sri Lanka green pigeon (Treron pompadora) from Sri Lanka. Monotypic. Grey-fronted green pigeon (Treron affinis) from the Western Ghats in India. Monotypic.
The pigeon looked positively darling in his new Christmas sweater. So much so that he couldn't wait to put it on before the big day. Now video of the bird taking his new digs out for a test drive ...
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The bird life of Sri Lanka is very rich for its size and more than 500 species have been recorded. In addition to the many resident birds, a considerable number of migratory species winter in the country to escape their northern breeding grounds.
The green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a large forest pigeon. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwards to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwards to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Nilgiri wood pigeon: Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832) OR: Western Ghats (India) 22: Sri Lanka wood pigeon: Columba torringtoniae (Kelaart, 1853) OR: Sri Lanka: 23: Pale-capped pigeon: Columba punicea Blyth, 1842: OR: northeast India through southeast Asia: 24: Silvery pigeon: Columba argentina Bonaparte, 1855 (possibly extinct) OR: western ...
This is the first new bird species discovered in Sri Lanka since 1868, when the Sri Lanka whistling-thrush (Myophonus blighi) was described. [4] There are some proposals for species level taxonomic revisions, and therefore endemic status in Sri Lanka. [1] The country prefix "Sri Lanka" in common names is normally restricted to endemic species.