Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Spot-winged Pigeon - Patagioenas maculosa

Formerly Columba maculosa Order: Columbiformes - Family: Columbidae Habitat: Woods

All records since January 2014
Sounds
logovoz © Cora Rimoldi
Adult
Paloma manchada/Spot-winged Pigeon© Sergio Cusano
Grey. Wings and back dotted white
Paloma manchada/Spot-winged Pigeon© J. Simón Tagtachian
Grey tail with a dark terminal band
Paloma manchada/Spot-winged Pigeon© J. Simón Tagtachian
Grey iris
Paloma manchada/Spot-winged Pigeon© Hugo Aguilar
Paloma manchada/Spot-winged Pigeon© Hugo Aguilar
More commonly seen outside the reserve. They feed on the ground
Picazuró-Paloma manchada/Picazuro - Spot-winged Pigeons© Sergio Cusano
Along with a Picazuro Pigeon
Breeding
© Cora Rimoldi We discovered this pigeon building a nest in a Tipuana tipu of the outer sidewalk. The nest is a platform of sticks. Some can already be seen on the tree fork. When we came back the following Saturday there were no signs of the nest and the pigeons.
More photographic records since January 2013