Species of Thailand
Speckled wood pigeon
Binomial name: Columba hodgsonii (Nicholas Aylward Vigors, 1832)
The speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) is a medium-sized pigeon of the Columbidae family which lives in the northeastern parts of India and Pakistan and the Himalayas.
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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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Columba
- Species
- Columba hodgsonii
Common names
- English: Speckled woodpigeon, Speckled wood pigeon, Speckled wood-pigeon
Speckled wood pigeon is found in following locations in Thailand
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Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Speckled wood pigeon
Range map of Columba hodgsonii in Thailand
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