Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon
Columba torringtoniae(Kelaart, EF, 1853)
English (US) Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon
The Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon (Columba torringtoniae) 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: Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Columba torringtoniae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon
- Described by
- (Kelaart, EF, 1853)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Palumbus Torringtonii
- Described by
- (Kelaart, EF, 1853)
- Type locality
- Newera-Ellia, Ceylon
- Original description
- Prodromus Faunæ Zeylanicæ; being contributions to the zoology of Ceylon Append.C, p.35
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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