Thai National Parks

Speckled wood pigeon

In Thai: นกพิราบป่าอกลาย, nok phiraab paa ok lai

Binomial name: Columba hodgsonii, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, 1832

The speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) is a medium-sized pigeon of the family Columbidae which lives in montane forests of Kashmir to Northeast India, eastern Tibet, central China, Yunnan and Myanmar.

Description

The upper body of the speckled wood pigeon is maroon-brown except for its neck, which, like many pigeons, is iridescent. Its lower body features the speckles which give it its name. The bird is 38 centimeters in length.

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