Speckled Woodpigeon (Columba hodgsonii)

Other Names (World)
Speckled Woodpigeon, Speckled Wood-Pigeon, Hodgson's Pigeon, Jungle Pigeon, Speckled Wood Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
38 cm

First Described (Guide)
Vigors, 1832

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,800 - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand.

Vagrant to Laos.

Himalayas from Kashmir east to west-central China (southern Gansu, western Sichuan and western Yunnan) and Myanmar.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Speckled Wood Pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) [XC256512]
by id from F-2 P-1, Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India (call, song)

Subspecies
Often considered to be an Asiatic representative of the African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix) superspecies which includes Cameroon Olive-pigeon (Columba sjostedti), Sao Tome Olive-pigeon (Columba thomensis) and Comoro Olive-pigeon (Columba pollenii).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Speckled Woodpigeon (Columba hodgsonii) - 10 files

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