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| image = Speckled Wood Pigeon Aritar Pangolakha WLS Sikkim India 08.01.2014.jpg |
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| image_caption = Speckled Wood Pigeon from [[Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary|Pangolakha WLS]] in [[East Sikkim]], [[India]]. |
| image_caption = Speckled Wood Pigeon from [[Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary|Pangolakha WLS]] in [[East Sikkim]], [[India]]. |
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| Speckled Wood Pigeon from Pangolakha WLS in East Sikkim, India. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Columba |
| Species: | C. hodgsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Columba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832
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The speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) is a medium-sized pigeon of the family Columbidae which lives in montane forests of Kashmir to Northeast India, eastern Tibet, central China, Yunnan and Myanmar.
Description
The upper body of the speckled wood pigeon is maroon-brown except for its neck, which, like many pigeons, is iridescent. Its lower body features the speckles which give it its name. The bird is 38 centimeters in length.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Columba hodgsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
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