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Green-winged Pigeon (Emerald Dove) photographed at Australia Zoo, Sunshine Coast
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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GREEN-WINGED PIGEON FACTS |
Description
The Green-winged Pigeon is a small brown pigeon with green wings. The male has a white patch on shoulder.
Other Names
Emerald Dove
Size
24 cm
Habitat
rainforest, wet eucalypt forest
Food
seeds, fruit, berries, small insects
Breeding
nest is sparse platform of twigs in shrub, vine or tree. 2 white oval eggs
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Columbiformes | | Family: | Columbidae | | Genus: | Chalcophaps | | Species: | indica | | Common Name: | Green-winged Pigeon |
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