Pigeons, Doves

Short-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas nigrirostris

The Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) is a 176 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

176 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua.

Where to see it: Black Rock Lodge (Belize); Estación Biológica La Selva-OTS (Costa Rica); Chan Chich Lodge (Belize); PN Tikal · sitio arqueológico (Guatemala); Panama Rainforest Discovery Center (Panama).

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