Species profile
Pale-capped Pigeon
Columba punicea
Quick answer
S Tibet to e India, Myanmar, Thailand and Hainan I. (s China)
- Scientific name
- Columba punicea
- Family
- Columbidae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Genus
- Columba
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
Recording Pale-capped Pigeon in your journal
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Related species in Columbidae
- Adamawa Turtle-dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus)
- African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
- Amboyna cuckoo-dove (Columba amboinensis)
- Amethyst Brown-dove (Phapitreron amethystinus)
- Andaman Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia rufipennis)
- Andaman Green-pigeon (Treron chloropterus)