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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
41 cm. Blue-grey above, head and underparts pink-brown with blue-green hindneck, black band across uppertail. Red eye and eye-ring. Female duller. Immature, brown-grey with reddish fringes on upperwing, and red-orange head and underparts. | 41 cm. Blue-grey above, head and underparts pink-brown with blue-green hindneck, black band across uppertail. Red eye and eye-ring. Female duller. Immature, brown-grey with reddish fringes on upperwing, and red-orange head and underparts. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:10, 28 July 2015
- Patagioenas caribaea
Identification
41 cm. Blue-grey above, head and underparts pink-brown with blue-green hindneck, black band across uppertail. Red eye and eye-ring. Female duller. Immature, brown-grey with reddish fringes on upperwing, and red-orange head and underparts.
Distribution
Endemic to Jamaica.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species. Ring-tailed Pigeon has previously been placed in genus Columba.
Habitat
Forests in hills and mountains.
Behaviour
Fourages in the canopy for fruit and seeds.
