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Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon

Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, WH 1832)

The Nilgiri wood pigeon is large pigeon found in the moist deciduous forests and sholas of the Western Ghats in southwestern India. They are mainly frugivorous and forage in the canopy of dense hill forests. They are best identified in the field by their large size, dark colours and the distinctive checkerboard pattern on their nape. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Columba
Scientific:
  Columba elphinstonii

Original description

Citation:
  (Sykes, WH 1832)

Reference:
   Proc. Comm. Sci. Corres. Zool. Soc. London 2, no.23 p.149

Protonym:
  Ptilinopus Elphinstonii

Type locality:
  The Ghauts of Deccan.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16559#page/353/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5813ADBEB25F162F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5813ADBE

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5813ADBE

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555618


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Columba elphinstonii: southwestern India (Western Ghats)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Catalan:
Colom de les muntanyes Nilgiri
Czech:
holub nilgirský
Danish:
Nilgiridue
German:
Nilgiritaube
Spanish:
Paloma de los Nilgiris
Spanish (Spain):
Paloma de los Nilgiris
Finnish:
nilgirinkyyhky
French:
Pigeon d'Elphinstone
Croatian:
sivoprsi golub
Hungarian:
nilgiri galamb
Italian:
Colombaccio delle Nilgiri
Japanese (romaji):
kanokomoribato
Japanese:
カノコモリバト
Lithuanian:
Nilgirinis karvelis
Dutch:
Nilgirihoutduif
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Nilgiridue
Norwegian:
Nilgiridue
Polish:
gołąb brązowogrzbiety
Portuguese:
pombo-dos-nilguiri
Portuguese (Portugal):
pombo-dos-nilgiris
Russian:
Нильгирийский вяхирь
Slovak:
holub hnedochrbtý
Serbian:
Nilgiri šumski golub
Swedish:
nilgiriduva
Ukrainian:
Голуб нільгирійський
Chinese:
灰头林鸽
Chinese (Traditional):
灰頭林鴿

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Nilgiri Wood-pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pigeon d'Elphinstone ( Columba elphinstonii)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pigeon d'Elphinstone ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 1st edition:
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2021:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2022:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2023:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2024:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 3rd edition:
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 4th edition:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2015:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2016:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2017:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2018:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Clements, version 2019:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 1.50:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 1.52:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 1.53:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 1.54:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 1.55:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2015:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2016:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2017:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2018:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2019:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2021:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2022:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2023:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
eBird version 2024:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Nilgiri Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Nilgiri Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Nilgiri Woodpigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Oriental Bird Club:
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Columba elphinstonii
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Columba elphinstonii
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Columba elphinstonii
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon ( Columba elphinstonii)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Columba elphinstonii
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Columba elphinstonii

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bashkir: нильгирия күгәрсене
Catalan: Colom de les muntanyes Nilgiri
Czech: Holub nilgirský
Danish: Nilgiridue
German: Nilgiritaube
English: Nilgiri Pigeon, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, Nilgiri Woodpigeon, Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
English (United Kingdom): Nilgiri Woodpigeon
English, HBW: Nilgiri Woodpigeon
English (IOC): Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
English (United States): Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Esperanto: Strinuka palumbo
Spanish: Paloma de los Nilgiris, Paloma de Nilgiris
Spanish (Spain): Paloma de los Nilgiris
Spanish (HBW): Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
Estonian: ghati tuvi
Finnish: Nilgirinkyyhky
French: Pigeon d’Elphinstone, Pigeon d'Elphinstone
Croatian: sivoprsi golub
Hungarian: nilgiri galamb
Italian: Colombaccio delle Nilgiri, Colombaccio di Nilgiri
Japanese (romaji): kanokomoribato
Japanese: カノコモリバト
Scientific: Columba elphinstonii, Ptilinopus Elphinstonii
Lithuanian: Nilgirinis karvelis
Malayalam: മരപ്രാവ്, മരപ്രാവ് 
Dutch: Nilgirihoutduif, Nilgiri-houtduif
Norwegian Nynorsk: Nilgiridue
Norwegian: Nilgiridue
Polish: golab brazowogrzbiety, gołąb brązowogrzbiety
Portuguese: pombo-dos-nilguiri
Portuguese (Portugal): pombo-dos-nilgiris
Russian: Нильгирийский вяхирь, Нильгирийский голубь
Slovak: holub hnedochrbtý
Serbian: Nilgiri šumski golub
Swedish: Nilgiriduva
Tamil: Nilagiri Kattu Pura
Turkish: Nilgiri tahtalısı
Ukrainian: Голуб нільгирійський
Chinese: 灰头林鸽
Chinese (Traditional): 灰頭林鴿

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