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Patagioenas nigrirostris

Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Location: Achiote Road, Panama.

[edit] Identification

26.5 cm. Wine-purple, browner on the belly and olive-brown on the back. The tail and primary flight feathers are darker olive-brown than the rest of the bird, the bill is black, and the legs and eyes are purple-red. The female is slightly duller and browner than the male, and the juvenile bird has a greyish brown head, neck and breast, with cinnamon scaling on the head and upperparts.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
American members of what used to be genus Columba are now in genus Patagioenas.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland forest canopy and semi-open woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a basic platform nest out of twigs 5-30 m high in a tree or amongst vines. It lays 1 white egg.

The diet includes mistletoe, fruits and berries, or small invertebrates.

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