Caloenas nicobarica

Conservation status: 

Near-threatened

Behaviour: 

Phylogeny: 

Taxonomy:

    Columba nicobarica Linnaeus, 1758, Nicobar Islands. Distinctive genus of uncertain affinities, perhaps closest to Gallicolumba, with which it may share a common ancestral stock. Larger extinct form, C. canacorum, known from New Caledonia and Tonga. Two subspecies recognized. (source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Distribution: 

Subspecies and Distribution:

    * nicobarica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Andaman and Nicobar Is, Mergui Archipelago and Con Son Is (off S Vietnam) through Indonesia and Philippines to islands offNew Guinea and Solomon Is. * pelewensis Finsch, 1875 - Palau Is.
Trophic strategy: 

Diet consists of seeds, fallen fruits and insect.

Taxonomic name: 
Caloenas nicobarica (Species)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith