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National Natural Monument
Birds
Red-headed Wood Pigeon
Columba janthina nitens
The red-headed wood pigeon is a large pigeon with a purplish-red tinge on the head, an endemic subspecies of the Ogasawara Islands. It lives in island forest, feeding on fruit. Its numbers are very small and it has been threatened by introduced animals such as cats, so it is a Natural Monument with ongoing conservation work.
- Scientific name
- Columba janthina nitens
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Tokyo
- 日本語
- アカガシラカラスバト
- 简体中文
- 红头黑林鸽
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The Red-headed Wood Pigeon is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokyo.
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