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Columba eversmanni

[edit] Identification

This species has declined rapidly in the past. These factors qualify it as Vulnerable.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, north-east Iran and extreme north-west China. It winters in north-east Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Open, sparsely wooded habitats in the mountains

[edit] Behaviour

Usually found in flocks.

Diet includes grass seeds and seeds of cereals, nuts, maize or weeds amongst stubble after harvest, and in fields that are either fallow or freshly sown.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages