Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon
Columba torringtoniae
Vulnerable
Stand-in photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0
Look again
From a distance it is a grey pigeon. Then it turns its neck and the chequerboard appears.
Field marks
Soft grey body with a purple wash and a chequered black and white patch on the neck.
Family
Columbidae
Group
Pigeons
Habitat
Hill and cloud forest
Where to look
Horton Plains, Nuwara Eliya
Length
About 36 cm
IUCN status
Vulnerable
