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White-crowned Pigeon
Paloma Cabeciblanca
Patagioenas leucocephala
The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily in the Caribbean. John James Audubon painted these pigeons, including the watercolour painting in his work, Birds of America, published in the early 19th century.
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Sound recorded by Daniel Lane · XC46655 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.
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About the White-crowned Pigeon
The white-crowned pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) is a fruit and seed-eating species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It is found primarily in the Caribbean. John James Audubon painted these pigeons, including the watercolour painting in his work, Birds of America, published in the early 19th century.
Conservation
Near Threatened
IUCN NT
- Global IUCN
- NT
- Puerto Rico DNER
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Federal ESA
- No current listing in source crosswalk
- Critical habitat
- Not identified in source crosswalk
Natural history
How it lives
- Habitat
- Mangrove; coastal forest; dry forest; offshore cays
- Elevation
- 0–1500 m
- Nest
- Platform · Tree
- Clutch
- 1–2 eggs
- Social behavior
- Colonial; Social / flocking
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Sources, media & further reading
Research note: Current genus Patagioenas; 2004 regulation uses Columba