Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
White-crowned Pigeon (Columba leucocephala) - HBW 4, p. 122
French: Pigeon à couronne blanche
German: Weißscheiteltaube
Spanish: Paloma Coronita
Other common names: White-headed Dove, Baldpate
Taxonomy: Columba leucocephala Linnaeus, 1758, Bahamas.
Closely related to C. squamosa; although markings on head and neck are totally different, rest of plumage rather similar and songs spectrographically very close; the two overlap in parts of their ranges but tend to occupy different habitats. Monotypic.
Distribution: Florida Keys, Bahamas, Greater and Lesser Antilles as far S as Antigua; also Caribbean islands off coast of Central America, from Yucatán to NW Panama.
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A male preening on the top of a tree, then flying away Locality Jibacoa, La Habana Province, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 4 April 2007 3 years ago 47 sec 3.2 -
A male perched on the top of a dead tree, looking around. Locality Caye Caulker, Belize (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 9 August 2005 4 years ago 12 sec 2.7
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Frontal view of adult bird perched on a wire
Locality Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 6 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Frontal view of juvenile on ground
Locality Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 6 June 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
Dorsal view of perched bird with head turned
Locality Jamaica (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 26 January 2009 3 years ago 2.8 -
Perched.
Locality Montego Bay, Cornwall County, Jamaica (Monotypic species)
Ken Simonite 4 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 2.7
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