Nilgiri wood pigeon, the Glossary
The Nilgiri wood pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) is large pigeon found in the moist deciduous forests and sholas of the Western Ghats in southwestern India.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Ashy wood pigeon, Bangalore, Biligiriranga Hills, Clade, Colobinae, Columbidae, Deciduous, India, Lauraceae, Mountain imperial pigeon, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Nandi Hills, India, Nilgiri Mountains, Peninsula, Shola, Sri Lanka wood pigeon, Western Ghats, William Henry Sykes.
- Columba (genus)
Ashy wood pigeon
The ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, found in temperate forests of southeastern Asia. Nilgiri wood pigeon and ashy wood pigeon are Columba (genus).
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Bangalore
Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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Biligiriranga Hills
The Biligirirangana Hills or Biligirirangan Hills (as referred to in biology and geology) is a hill range situated in Chamarajanagar District in south-western Karnataka, at its border with Tamil Nadu (Erode District) in South India.
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Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
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Colobinae
The Colobinae or leaf-eating monkeys are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs.
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Columbidae
Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons.
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Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Lauraceae
Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives.
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Mountain imperial pigeon
The mountain imperial pigeon (Ducula badia), also known as the maroon-backed imperial pigeon or Hodgson's imperial pigeon, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family with a wide range in southeastern Asia.
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Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mountstuart Elphinstone (6 October 1779 – 20 November 1859) was a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the government of British India.
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Nandi Hills, India
Nandi Hills (Anglicised forms include Nandidurg and Nandydoorg) is an ancient hill station built by Ganga Dynasty in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state.
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Nilgiri Mountains
The Nilgiri Mountains form a part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka and eastern Kerala in South India.
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Peninsula
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.
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Shola
Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu.
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Sri Lanka wood pigeon
The Sri Lankan wood pigeon or Ceylon wood pigeon (Columba torringtoniae) is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri Lanka. Nilgiri wood pigeon and Sri Lanka wood pigeon are Columba (genus).
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Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri, is a mountain range that stretches along the western coast of the Indian peninsula.
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William Henry Sykes
Colonel William Henry Sykes, FRS (25 January 1790 – 16 June 1872) was an English naturalist who served with the British military in India and was specifically known for his work with the Indian Army as a politician, Indologist and ornithologist.
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See also
Columba (genus)
- Afep pigeon
- African olive pigeon
- Andaman wood pigeon
- Ashy wood pigeon
- Azores wood pigeon
- Black wood pigeon
- Bolle's pigeon
- Bonin wood pigeon
- Cameroon olive pigeon
- Columba (bird)
- Common wood pigeon
- Comoro olive pigeon
- Domestic pigeon
- Domestic pigeons
- Doves as symbols
- Eastern bronze-naped pigeon
- Feral pigeon
- Hill pigeon
- Island bronze-naped pigeon
- Laurel pigeon
- Lemon dove
- Lord Howe pigeon
- Madeiran wood pigeon
- Mauritian wood pigeon
- Metallic pigeon
- Nilgiri wood pigeon
- Olfactory navigation
- Olive pigeon
- Pale-capped pigeon
- Rock dove
- Ryukyu wood pigeon
- São Tomé olive pigeon
- Silvery pigeon
- Snow pigeon
- Somali pigeon
- Speckled pigeon
- Speckled wood pigeon
- Sri Lanka wood pigeon
- Stock dove
- Trocaz pigeon
- Turturoena
- Western bronze-naped pigeon
- White-collared pigeon
- White-headed pigeon
- White-naped pigeon
- Yellow-eyed pigeon
- Yellow-legged pigeon
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_wood_pigeon
Also known as Alsocomus elphinstonii, Columba elphinstonii, Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon, Nilgiri Woodpigeon, Ptilinopus elphinstonii.