Red-billed Pigeon
Status: Common Resident
Size: Large-sized Pigeon (31 - 35 cm)
IUCN Red-List Status: Least Concern
Stratum: Mid Canopy, High Canopy
Life Zone(s): North and South Pacific Lowlands and Premontane, Caribbean Lowlands and Premontane
TAXONOMIC TREE: Columbiformes, Columbidae, Patagioenas flavirostris
@ Rancho Naturalista, Cartago, Costa Rica
The Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris) is a relatively large, robust species of pigeon found in coastal and lowland areas of Mexico and Central America. Its breeding range extends from southern Texas, United States, to Costa Rica. While it is common throughout dry forests in primarily coastal Mexico and Central America, it becomes scarcer during the winter and is an uncommon find in Southern Texas.
Red-billed Pigeon Distribution Map (from eBird)
PHOTO GALLERY
@ Rancho Naturalista, Cartago, Costa Rica
*@ Zoh Laguna Pueblo, Campeche, MX
@ Rancho Naturalista, Cartago, Costa Rica
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*Some of this website's species' photos (all taken by me) may have been taken in other nearby countries.