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Columba leuconota, Print, The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey, black, pale brown and white birds, and two races are recognised; C. l. leuconota occurs in Afghanistan and the western Himalayas; C. l. gradaria occurs in the mountains of East Tibet and from East Nan Shan (Qinghai) to Yunnan. The birds forage in open country in pairs or small groups, feeding on grain, buds, shoots, berries, and seeds. They roost at night on cliffs, breeding in crevices where they build untidy stick nests and lay a clutch of usually two white eggs. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the bird's conservation status as being of least concern., 1820-1860.

Columba leuconota, Print, The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey, black, pale brown and white birds, and two races are recognised; C. l. leuconota occurs in Afghanistan and the western Himalayas; C. l. gradaria occurs in the mountains of East Tibet and from East Nan Shan (Qinghai) to Yunnan. The birds forage in open country in pairs or small groups, feeding on grain, buds, shoots, berries, and seeds. They roost at night on cliffs, breeding in crevices where they build untidy stick nests and lay a clutch of usually two white eggs. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the bird's conservation status as being of least concern., 1820-1860.
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Columba leuconota, Print, The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey, black, pale brown and white birds, and two races are recognised; C. l. leuconota occurs in Afghanistan and the western Himalayas; C. l. gradaria occurs in the mountains of East Tibet and from East Nan Shan (Qinghai) to Yunnan. The birds forage in open country in pairs or small groups, feeding on grain, buds, shoots, berries, and seeds. They roost at night on cliffs, breeding in crevices where they build untidy stick nests and lay a clutch of usually two white eggs. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the bird's conservation status as being of least concern., 1820-1860
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Keywords:
1820-1860 • ACANTILADO • ACANTILADOS • AFGHANISTAN • BERRIES • BIRD PERCH = PERCH (BIRD) • BIRD PERCH • BIRD'S CONSERVATION STATUS • BIRD • BIRDS FORAGE • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • BLUFF, ROCKS • BREEDING • BUDS • BUILD UNTIDY STICK NESTS • C • CENTRAL ASIA • CLIFF • CLIFFS • CLUTCH • COLUMBA LEUCONOTA • COLUMBIDAE • CONCERN • CONSERVATION • CREVICES • EAST NAN SHAN • EAST TIBET • FAMILIAR • FAMILY • FEEDING • GENUS COLUMBA • GRADARIA • GRAIN • GREY • HILLY REGIONS • INTERNATIONAL UNION • L • LANDSCAPE WITH BLUFF • LAY • LEUCONOTA • MOUNTAIN RANGE • NATURE • NEGRA • NIGHT • OPEN COUNTRY • PAIRS • PALE BROWN • PERCH (BIRD) • PRINT • QINGHAI • RANGE • RATED • RECOGNISED • REPRODUCTION • ROOST • SEEDS • SHOOTS • SIERRA • SMALL GROUPS • SNOW PIGEON • SPECIES • TWO RACES • USUALLY TWO WHITE EGGS • WESTERN HIMALAYAS • WHITE BIRDS • WILDERNESS • YUNNAN