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ForestPlatform nestLarge · 308 g
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The laurel pigeon is a dark brown and grey bird of 40 cm; it resembles a very dark wood pigeon. The underparts are reddish, and the tail is pale grey with a broad, whitish terminal band. Extensive green gloss to rear crown and hindneck becoming pink on the upper mantle. The bill is pink with a white tip, and the eye is orange in colour. The similar Canarian species, the Bolle's pigeon or dark-tailed laurel pigeon Columba bollii has a pale grey subterminal band and blackish terminal band to tail.
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When to see the Laurel Pigeon
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Laurel Pigeon
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Laurel Pigeon
The laurel pigeon or white-tailed laurel pigeon is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain, and resides in laurel forest habitat. It is the animal symbol of the island of La Gomera.
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Easily confused with
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorquesA medium sized bird, the western bronze-naped pigeon measures about 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length.
Bolle's PigeonColumba bolliiLarger than the common pigeon, a length of 36 cm to 38 cm.
Sri Lanka Wood PigeonColumba torringtoniaeThe Sri Lankan wood pigeon or Ceylon wood pigeon is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri Lanka.
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