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Apr 27, 2011

Dove (Green-winged)

The Green-winged Pigeon is a small brown pigeon with green wings. The male has a white patch on shoulder.

A pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in tropical southern Asia This is a common species in rainforest and similar dense wet woodlands, farms, gardens, mangroves and coastal heaths.

It builds a scant stick nest in a tree up to five meters and lays two cream-coloured eggs. Breeding tends to occur in Australia spring or early summer in southeastern Australia and late in the dry season in northern Australia.
photographed at Animal Kindom in Disney, Orlando FL

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