Short-billed Pigeon
Patagioenas nigrirostris
(L 10.5" Wt 5.29 oz)
Rancho Naturalista
7Feb10
Range extends from south
Mexico to Columbia...has
complex, high-tiched call.
Mexico to Columbia...has
complex, high-tiched call.
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
Library
Patiagioenas in Greek means
clattering pigeon; nigrirostris
in Latin means black-billed.
in Latin means black-billed.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy,
and often unlawful activity. One
thing that it is not is kind to birds.
(Ingrid Newkirk)
and often unlawful activity. One
thing that it is not is kind to birds.
(Ingrid Newkirk)