PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 478 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..SNOW PIGEON...[From a Photograph of MR. KOSHYK KOSHY] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columba genus in the Columbidae family.
Snow pigeons have a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen. Their backs are brownish grey with a white patch on the lower back. Their wings are pale grey with three brown bands. Their black tails have a clear white band in the middle which narrows and curve forward to reach the tip of outermost tail features. Young birds have narrow pale buff margins to the feathers of the upper parts and wings. The white of the underparts is sullied with buff.
They are resident birds in rocky hills of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
The nests are placed in crevices or caves in the face of cliffs or ledges of rock. Their nests are untidy interlaced structures made of sticks, grass, straw, feathers etc. The nests are generally reused every year with minor repairing. Generally two eggs are laid.
They feed on berries, grain, buds, bulbs, seeds, and shoots.[INFO:WIKIPEDIA]
