Pale-capped Pigeon
Columba puniceaBlyth, E, 1842
English (US) Pale-capped Pigeon
The Pale-capped Pigeon (Columba punicea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: southern Tibet to eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Hainan (off southern China)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Columba punicea
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Pale-capped Pigeon
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1842
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba (Alsocomus) puniceus
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1842
- Type locality
- Chyebassa.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, pt.1, no.125 p.461
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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