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Japanese Wood Pigeon
Columba janthina
The Japanese wood pigeon is a large, dark pigeon with a green and purple gloss, living in coastal evergreen forests and on islands. It eats fruits and gives a low, hooting call. Its numbers are small, and it is found in forests and islands of Mie, Wakayama, Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa, protected as a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Columba janthina
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Mie, Wakayama, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa
- 日本語
- カラスバト
- 简体中文
- 黑林鸽
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The Japanese Wood Pigeon is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Mie, Wakayama, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa.
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