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Nicobar Pidgeon

Caloenas Nicobarica

Description:

Beautiful Multi-coloured Pidgeon from the Nicobar Islands. The head is a metallic grey that leads down the neck into green and copper hackles. The plumage then becomes a vibrant metallic green that ends in a very short tail.

Habitat:

Significant Population discovered on Batti Malv reserve of the Nicobar Islands. Substantial damage taken in 2004 Tsunami.

Notes:

Captive Specimen observed at World Of Birds Enclosure, Hout Bay Cape Town.

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6 Comments

FredLuizRomeiro
FredLuizRomeiro 8 years ago

Beautiful!

CalebSteindel
CalebSteindel 8 years ago

Gorgeous!

outsidegirl0
outsidegirl0 8 years ago

incredible detail and beautiful series! :)

Michael Strydom
Michael Strydom 8 years ago

Sorry, I meant near threatened

Michael Strydom
Michael Strydom 8 years ago

Hi Mark. They are currently listed as not threatened and the damage to the national park was mostly inland bodies of sea water that never drained which created a few swamp regions of dead dry trees. The birds themselves are still popular in the islands because they tend to move around a bit. For example they fly off to smaller islands to roost where there are no predators. So ok for now and the park is ok to. Not much info on the net tho. Still hunted by people, the gall stone is used in jewellery and they are trapped for pets. That's how these ended up here in Africa I guess. But I can report that these little guys here are happy healthy and well looked after :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Extraordinarily beautiful bird.
Do you know if they are recovering from the tsunami?

Michael Strydom
Spotted by
Michael Strydom

Western Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Mar 13, 2016
Submitted on Mar 13, 2016

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