Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa)
(aka Columba speciosa)
Brazilian name: Pomba trocal
Scaled Pigeon, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image Carajás, Pará, Brazil
October 2005

The Scaled Pigeon is distributed from southern Mexico through Central America to Peru on the west coast and south Brazil east of the Andes. It is generally found in humid forest and forest edges.

Scaled Pigeon, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image It is a large pigeon whose most noticeable features are its red bill and the scaly appearance of its whole neck and breast.

It keeps to the canopy where it feeds on fruits.

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