Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Least Concern
Speckled Woodpigeon (Columba hodgsonii)
Taxonomy
French: Pigeon de Hodgson German: Schwarzschnabel-Oliventaube Spanish: Paloma de Hodgson
Other common names:
Freckled Pigeon
Taxonomy:
Columba Hodgsonii
Vigors
, 1832,Nepal
.Distribution:
Himalayas from Kashmir E to WC China (S Gansu, W Sichuan and Yunnan) and Myanmar; at least winter visitor to NW Thailand and NW Laos#R.
Descriptive notes
38–40 cm. Head pale grey; breast and sides of neck pinkish silver speckled with black spots; each feather silver with a dark central streak and silvery pink tip;... read more
Voice
Poorly known and hardly documented, but evidently not very vocal. Reported to give a low-pitched “... read more
Habitat
Tall evergreen and semi-evergreen hill forests of oak, Rhododendron and associated plants... read more
Food and feeding
Mostly arboreal and frugivorous but also takes herbs, seeds and cereals on the ground; much of the diet consists of acorns, drupes and... read more
Breeding
Breeding occurs mainly May–Jun but probably extends further into the summer at altitudes of 1800–3300 m. Nest consists of a... read more
Movements
Undertakes local and altitudinal movements according to food supply. Birds seen in N Thailand in... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. A little known species; appears to be usually rather uncommon, although relative inaccessibility of much of range means that many data are... read more
Often considered to be an Asiatic representative of the C. arquatrix species-group, which also includes C. sjostedti, C. thomensis and C. pollenii. Monotypic.