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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 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 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 common emerald dove is a stocky, medium-sized pigeon, typically 23–27 cm (9.1–10.6 in) in length. [7] The back and wings are bright emerald green. The flight feathers and tail are blackish, and broad black and white bars show on the lower back in flight. The head and underparts are dark vinous pink, fading to greyish on the lower belly.
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 ...
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 ...
The spotted dove was formally described in 1786 by the Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli and given the binomial name Columba chinensis. [2] Scopoli based his account on "La tourterelle gris de la Chine" that had been described and illustrated in 1782 by the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat in the second volume of his book Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine. [3]
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