Visual Search | Wizard | Browse
Bird name:

White-crowned Pigeon

Patagioenas leucocephalaOrder: COLUMBIFORMES Family: Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Codes: Common Name: WCPI Scientific Name: PATLEU ITIS Taxonomic No.: 676903
Near Threatened
 
White-crowned Pigeon Breeding Male Small Portrait
Copyright © 2004 - 2008 Whatbird.com


Rate this Illustration: Excellent Very Good Good
Fair Below Avg Poor

Birdman Mel's Backyard Tips

Clingers Only Feeder
Weather resistant inexpensive feeder is ideal for small birds.
Suet Delight
Easy to hang and maintain, holds all kinds of packaged suet.
Ultimate Woodpecker Feeder
Only allows woodpeckers to feed made of Inland Cedar.
The No-No Copper Feeder
Beautiful copper feeder holds 2.5 lbs of sunflower seeds.
Attracting Clingers

Overview

White-crowned Pigeon: Large dove, slate-gray overall with conspicuous white crown. Scaled nape is iridescent green when seen in good light. Iris is white.Yellow bill has red base. Legs and feet are red. Eats berries, seeds and insects. Swift direct flight with strong rapid wing beats.

Range and Habitat

White-crowned Pigeon: Distributed throughout most of the West Indies, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan and the Florida Keys. Frequents semi-deciduous woods and mangrove swamps.

Topo Map: Pigeon-like Body


Listen to Call

Voice Text

"Wof, wof, woo, cowoo", "coo-cura-cooo", "coo-croo"

Interesting Facts

 A group of pigeons has many collective nouns, including "a band of pigeons", "dropping of pigeons", "loft of pigeons", "passel of pigeons" and a "school of pigeons."


Bird Term Glossary



Author

Gary Owen Dick

Splitbar
Range Map for White-crowned Pigeon

Related Birds

Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-billed Pigeon
White-tipped Dove
.
Family Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)_blue
Species Patagioenas leucocephala
Length11 - 15 Inches
Wingspan25 Inches

White-crowned Pigeon

White-crowned Pigeon: Large dove, slate-gray overall with conspicuous white crown. Scaled nape is iridescent green when seen in good light. Iris is white.Yellow bill has red base. Legs and feet are red. Eats berries, seeds and insects. Swift direct flight with strong rapid wing beats.

● Song: "Wof, wof, woo, cowoo", "coo-cura-cooo", "coo-croo"

● Foraging & Feeding: White-crowned Pigeon: Eats berries, seeds, and some insects; forages mostly in trees and shrubs.

● Breeding & nesting: White-crowned Pigeon: One or two white eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs, grass, and roots, lined with grasses and fine materials, and built low in a tree. Incubation ranges from 18 to 20 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: White-crowned Pigeon: Rock Pigeon is paler and lacks white crown.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with strong rapid wing beats.
White-crowned Pigeon Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: White-crowned Pigeon: Distributed throughout most of the West Indies, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan and the Florida Keys. Frequents semi-deciduous woods and mangrove swamps.
BreedingMonogamous, Colonial
PopulationFairly common, Stable
MigrationMigratory
Weight9.2 Ounces
Pigeon-like BodyX
CrownX
The crown is the top part of the birds head.
NapeX
Also called the hindneck or collar, it is the back of the neck where the head joins the body.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Read more...
ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

Read more...
Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX