Azores wood pigeon (Columba palumbus azorica)
Description
English: Azores Wood pigeon in the wild
Date 25 January 2006
Source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Author Environmental Conservation Online System
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azores_Wood_pigeon.jpg
The Azores wood pigeon, Columba palumbus azorica (Portuguese: pombo-torcaz-dos-açores) is an endemic subspecies of the common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), located in the Atlantic Azores islands of Portugal. This endemic subspecies is the only live pigeon present in the Laurel forest habitat of the Azores Islands. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Columba, Species: Columba palumbus, Subspecies: Columba palumbus azorica (Tschusi, 1904). |
