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Alternative name: Ceylon Wood-Pigeon

Columba torringtoni

Photo by Tanager
Location: Sinharaja Reserve, Sri Lanka

[edit] Identification

36 cm in length. Its upperparts and tail are dark grey, and the head and underparts are lilac, becoming paler on the belly. There is a black-and-white chessboard pattern on the nape.

[edit] Distribution

Sri Lanka.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Mountain areas, damp evergreen woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a stick nest in a tree and laying 1 white egg.

The diet includes vegetation.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages