hill pigeon, eastern rock dove, Turkestan hill dove (Columba rupestris) COLUMBA RUPESTRIS.
Date 1857
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/8100052611
Author E Blanchard; Charles Lucian Bonaparte; Pauline Knip; P L Oudart; Florent Prévost.; C J Temminck; F Willy
Full title Iconographie des pigeons, non figurés par Mme Knip (Mlle Pauline Decourcelles) dans les deux volumes de MM. Temminck et Florent Prévost.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iconographie_des_pigeons_(Pl._LXXV)_(8100052611).jpg
The hill pigeon or eastern rock dove or Turkestan hill dove (Columba rupestris) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
