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| | + | [[Image:Chilean_Pigeon_by_Rodrigo_Reyes.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Rodrigo+Reyes|Rodrigo Reyes}}<br />Viña del Mar, central [[Chile]], August 2008]] |
| | ;[[: Category:Patagioenas|Patagioenas]] araucana | | ;[[: Category:Patagioenas|Patagioenas]] araucana |
| - | [[Image:Chilean_Pigeon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Juan Tassara]] | + | ''Columba araucana'' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | 38cm |
| | + | *Wine-coloured body |
| | + | *Grey wings |
| | + | *Iridescent greenish neck patch |
| | + | *Thin white band at back of neck |
| | + | *Red iris and legs |
| | + | *Blackish-grey bill |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]. | + | [[South America]]: found in central and southern [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | This is a monotypic species. This species has previously been placed in genus ''[[: Category:Columba|Columba]]''. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. |
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| | + | This species has previously been placed in genus ''[[: Category:Columba|Columba]]''. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Southern beech forest and rain forest. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | It builds a platform nest from sticks and 1 white egg is laid. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Arthur Grosset |
| | + | #avesdechile |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Patagioenas+araucana}} | | {{GSearch|Patagioenas+araucana}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Patagioenas]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | + | {{GSearch|Columba+araucana Use "Columba+araucana" to }} |
| | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Patagioenas]] |
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- Patagioenas araucana
Columba araucana
[edit] Identification
38cm
- Wine-coloured body
- Grey wings
- Iridescent greenish neck patch
- Thin white band at back of neck
- Red iris and legs
- Blackish-grey bill
[edit] Distribution
South America: found in central and southern Chile and Argentina.
[edit] Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species has previously been placed in genus Columba.
[edit] Habitat
Southern beech forest and rain forest.
[edit] Behaviour
It builds a platform nest from sticks and 1 white egg is laid.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Arthur Grosset
- avesdechile
[edit] External Links
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