Plain Pigeon

Name in Spanish: Paloma Sabanera

Scientific name: Patagioenas inornata

Taxonomic Family: Columbidae

Comerio, Puerto Rico

 

The Plain Pigeon is a large pigeon of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Hispaniola. While mostly grayish at a distance, the plain pigeon has a rose wash to the body, and a purplish wash to the neck. The plain pigeon occurs in a variety of wooded areas at middle at high elevations, but can be nomadic, following fruit crops over fairly large distances. The Plain Pigeon shows a thin white wing bar, which appears along the leading edge of the folded wing, and a white eye.

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