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The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö [3]) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau.
The genus Caloenas was introduced by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 to accommodate the Nicobar pigeon. [1] [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek kalos meaning "beautiful" with oinas meaning "dove". [3] The genus contains two species: [4] Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) † Spotted green pigeon (Caloenas maculata)
Nicobar pigeon; S. Spotted green pigeon This page was last edited on 29 December 2013, at 08:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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 Malaysia: 25: Andaman wood pigeon: Columba palumboides (Hume, 1873) OR: Andaman and ...
The Nicobar imperial pigeon (Ducula nicobarica) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands. Its natural habitats are lowland forests, but it also feeds on fruiting trees in agricultural landscapes. [1] This species was formerly treated as subspecies of the green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea). [1]
These include the near-threatened Nicobar pigeon and Beach stone-curlew, the vulnerable Large green pigeon, and various nationally threatened or near-threatened species in Thailand, such as the Green imperial pigeon, Pied imperial pigeon, and Orange-breasted green pigeon. [16]
Nicobar pigeon; Whistling fruit dove; White-naped pigeon; Japanese wood pigeon; Laurel pigeon; Island bronze-naped pigeon; Andaman wood pigeon; Comoros olive pigeon; Cloven-feathered dove; Timor imperial pigeon; Finsch's imperial pigeon; Goliath imperial pigeon; Enggano imperial-pigeon; Pink-bellied imperial pigeon; Pink-headed imperial pigeon ...
Nicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica (A) Pink-necked green-pigeon, Treron vernans; ... The stone-curlews are a group of largely tropical waders in the family ...