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Plumbeous pigeon

Plumbeous pigeon
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Patagioenas
Species:
P. plumbea
Binomial name
Patagioenas plumbea
(Vieillot, 1818)
Patagioenas plumbea map.svg
Synonyms

Columba plumbea Vieillot, 1818

The plumbeous pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela in secondary growth forests, edge forests, and low hills. It can often be confused with the Ruddy Pigeon.[2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

It generally feeds on canopy fruits/seeds but specifically targets mistletoe during certain times of the year.[3]

Subspecies[3]

  • P. p. chapmani (Ridgway, 1916) – W slope of Andes from Colombia and Ecuador S to El Oro.
  • P. p. bogotensis Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 1890 – E slope of Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to SC Bolivia (Cochabamba).
  • P. p. wallacei (C. Chubb, 1917) – extreme E Venezuela, the Guianas and E Amazonian Brazil (W to R Negro and R Tapajós).
  • P. p. pallescens (E. Snethlage, 1908) – S tributaries of Amazon from R Purús to Pará.
  • P. p. baeri (Hellmayr, 1908) – NC Brazil (Goiás, NW Minas Gerais).
  • P. p. plumbea (Vieillot, 1818) – E Paraguay and SE Brazil.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Patagioenas plumbea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Wiki Aves de Colombia – Universidad Icesi – Cali, Colombia | Torcaza Plomiza - Patagioenas plumbea". Wiki Aves de Colombia – Universidad Icesi – Cali, Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. ^ a b "Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.


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