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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
A large (31cm.) pigeon with uniform grayish-purple plumage, slightly darker back than underparts. Iris pale gray on west slope of Andes, but pale yellow in the east. Pink legs. | A large (31cm.) pigeon with uniform grayish-purple plumage, slightly darker back than underparts. Iris pale gray on west slope of Andes, but pale yellow in the east. Pink legs. | ||
Revision as of 01:23, 14 February 2009
- Patagioenas plumbea
Identification
A large (31cm.) pigeon with uniform grayish-purple plumage, slightly darker back than underparts. Iris pale gray on west slope of Andes, but pale yellow in the east. Pink legs.
Distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Five subspecies are recognized: plumbea, delicata, baeri, chapmani, and pallescens. Restall quotes sources for including bogotensis in Plumbeous Pigeon, while the general agreement is to place that taxon as Patagioenas subvinacea bogotensis i.e. as a race of Ruddy Pigeon.
Plumbeous Pigeon has previously been placed in genus Columba.
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Behaviour
Usually is found in the canopy.
