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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 279 g
What the Picazuro Pigeon sounds like
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It is a large pigeon with a wingspan of up to 22 inches and can weigh as much as a pound. It is a brown bird with white dashes on the back of its neck and darker brown wing patterns. It is similar in appearance to the spotted dove.
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When to see the Picazuro Pigeon
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Picazuro Pigeon
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Chile.
About the Picazuro Pigeon
The picazuro pigeon is a pigeon native to South America.
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Easily confused with
Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensisThe pale-vented pigeon is 30–32 cm long and weighs normally 230–250 g.
Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostrisRed-billed pigeons have largely dark, slate-gray plumage with a more maroon, though sometimes described as purple, head, neck, and wing coverts.
Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosaThe two subspecies of spot-winged pigeon differ significantly in their plumage.
Side by side: Band-tailed Pigeon vs Picazuro Pigeon · Pale-vented Pigeon vs Picazuro Pigeon · Picazuro Pigeon vs Red-billed Pigeon · Picazuro Pigeon vs Spot-winged Pigeon
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