Prakruti Parichay
ColumbidaeColumba

Common Wood Pigeon

Co/umba palumbus

43–43 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Baluchistan and Himalayas east to Kashmir, winters sporadically east to West Bengal. White wing patch and dark tail-band, buff neck patch, and deep vinous underparts. in flight, from below. shows greyish - white band across tail and grey undertail - coverts are concolorous with base of ta il. Juvenile is duller and browner, and lacks green gloss and buff patch on neck. Scrub-covered and wooded hillsides and valleys.

Colour

WhiteBuff / TanGreyGreen
Average size
43 cm
Habitat
Scrub-covered and wooded hillsides and valleys.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Baluchistan and Himalayas east to Kashmir, winters sporadically east to West Bengal. White wing patch and dark tail-band, buff neck patch, and deep vinous underparts. in flight, from below. shows greyish - white band across tail and grey undertail - coverts are concolorous with base of ta il. Juvenile is duller and browner, and lacks green gloss and buff patch on neck. Scrub-covered and wooded hillsides and valleys.

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Common Wood Pigeon is bigger than Little Bustard but smaller than Baer's Pochard.

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Common Wood Pigeon

Co/umba palumbus

43–43 cm