Red-necked motley pigeon [1] ( lat. Ptilinopus porphyreus ) is a bird of the pigeon family that lives exclusively in Southeast Asia.
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Ptilinopus porphyreus Temminck , 1823 |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22691297 |
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The red-necked motley pigeon reaches a length of 28 cm [2] . Sexual dimorphism is not expressed. Females are only slightly smaller.
The neck, nape and chest are purplish pink. In the lower part of the chest there is a white strip, becoming a little thinner on the sides of the body. The upper body is dark green with a metallic tint on the wings and tail. The belly is ash gray. The sides are olive colored. Beak is greenish-yellowish, lighter on top. Rainbows are red. The legs are reddish.
The red-necked pigeon is an endemic species of the islands of Sumatra , Bali and Java . The habitat is the primary mountain forest at an altitude of 1,400 to 2,200 m above sea level [3] .
This is a very quiet pigeon, whose soft call "ho" can be heard only occasionally. It eats fruits and berries and very rarely descends to the ground. The nest is usually built at a height of 5 to 6 m above the ground.
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 107. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ Gibbs, S. 457
- ↑ Gibbs, S. 458
- David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes und John Cox: Pigeons and Doves - A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Pica Press, Sussex 2001, ISBN 90-74345-26-3
- Gerhard Rösler: Die Wildtauben der Erde - Freileben, Haltung und Zucht. Verlag M. & H. Schaper, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7944-0184-0
