Description
English: Columba hodgsonii, Speckled wood pigeon
Date 1913
Source Indian pigeons and doves (1913)
Author H. Gronvold and E C Stuart Baker
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ColumbaHodgsonii.jpg

The speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii) is a medium-sized pigeon of the Columbidae family which lives in the northeastern parts of India and Pakistan and the Himalayas. The upper body of the speckled wood pigeon is maroon-brown except for its neck, which, like many pigeons, is iridescent. Its lower body features the speckles which give it its name. The bird is 38 centimeters in length. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Columba, Species: Columba hodgsonii Vigors, 1832.