Caloenas nicobarica
Near-threatened
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)
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.
Diet consists of seeds, fallen fruits and insect.