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Black Wood-Pigeon
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Black Wood-Pigeon
Columba janthina
The Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) is a species of bird in the Columba genus in the family Columbidae. It is found along shorelines of the East China Sea. They are believed to be the largest representative of the genus Columba, at 550 grams (1.2 lb) and 43 cm (17 in). Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. The species is in decline owing to habitat...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3072.