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Pale-capped Pigeon

Columba punicea Blyth, E 1842

The pale-capped pigeon also known as the purple wood pigeon is a species of large pigeon that is found patchily distributed in parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has a slow flight and spends a lot of time sitting still in the foliage of large fruiting trees, often in riverine forest on the plains. It is mainly brown above and chestnut below with the a sheen of green or amethyst. Males have a whitish grey cap while females have a brownish grey cap and less gloss on the feathers. They are frugivores, foraging in small groups in the canopy of trees but sometimes descending to the ground for seeds and fallen fruit. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  Blyth, E 1842

Reference:
   J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11 p.461

Protonym:
  Columba (Alsocomus) puniceus

Type locality:
  Chyebassa.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000196

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D5C3E9C9DE56FF50

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D5C3E9C9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D5C3E9C9

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 177108


VULNERABLE

Geographic range:

  • Columba punicea: S Tibet to e India, Myanmar, Thailand and Hainan I. (s China)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Pale-capped Pigeon
Catalan:
Colom de capell clar
Czech:
holub purpurový
Danish:
Bronzedue
German:
Kupfertaube
Spanish:
Paloma Purpúrea
Spanish (Spain):
Paloma Purpúrea
Finnish:
hopealakkikyyhky
French:
Pigeon marron
Croatian:
svjetlokapi golub
Hungarian:
rézszínű galamb
Italian:
Piccione capochiaro
Japanese (romaji):
murasakimoribato
Japanese:
ムラサキモリバト
Lithuanian:
Purpurinis karvelis
Dutch:
Bleekkapduif
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bleikkronedue
Norwegian:
Blekkronedue
Polish:
gołąb jasnogłowy
Portuguese:
pombo-purpúreo
Portuguese (Portugal):
pombo-púrpura
Russian:
Пурпурный вяхирь
Slovak:
holub čiapočkatý
Serbian:
Sivočeli šumski golub
Swedish:
purpurduva
Ukrainian:
Голуб світлоголовий
Chinese:
紫林鸽
Chinese (Traditional):
紫林鴿

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Pigeon marron ( Columba punicea)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Pigeon marron ( Columba punicea)
Clements 1st edition:
Purple Wood Pigeon ( Columba punicea)
Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Purple Wood Pigeon ( Columba punicea)
Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Columba punicea
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Columba punicea
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Columba punicea
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Columba punicea
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Columba punicea

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Species status: full species

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Bashkir: ҡуйы ҡыҙыл төҫтәге күгәрсен
Bengali: ধরাটুচ঩ ঩ায়যা , ধলাটুপি পায়রা
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāṭupi pāẏarā
Catalan: Colom de capell clar
Czech: Holub purpurový
Danish: Bronzedue
German: Kupfertaube
English: Pale capped Pigeon, Pale-capped Pigeon, Pale-capped Wood Pigeon, Purple Pigeon, Purple Wood Pigeon, Purple Wood-Pigeon
English, HBW: Pale-capped Pigeon
English (IOC): Pale-capped Pigeon
English (United States): Pale-capped Pigeon
Esperanto: Palverta kolombo
Spanish: Paloma Púrpura, Paloma Purpúrea
Spanish (Spain): Paloma Purpúrea
Spanish (HBW): Pale-capped Pigeon
Estonian: džunglituvi
Finnish: Hopealakkikyyhky
French: Pigeon marron
Croatian: svjetlokapi golub
Hungarian: rézszínű galamb
Italian: Coloma capochiaro, Piccione capochiaro
Japanese (romaji): murasaki mori-bato, murasakimoribato
Japanese: ムラサキモリバト
Japanese (Kanji): 紫森鳩
Scientific: Alsocomus puniceus, Columba (Alsocomus) puniceus, Columba punicea
Lithuanian: Purpurinis karvelis
Malay: Burung Pergam Haji
Dutch: Bleekkapduif
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bleikkronedue
Norwegian: Blekkronedue
Polish: golab jasnoglowy, gołąb jasnogłowy
Pinyin: zǐ lín-gē
Portuguese: pombo-purpúreo
Portuguese (Portugal): pombo-púrpura
Russian: Пурпурный вяхирь, Пурпурный голубь
Sinhalese (Transliteration): La-esasi Paraviya
Slovak: holub čiapočkatý
Serbian: Golub sa bledom kapicom, Sivočeli šumski golub
Swedish: purpurduva, Purpurskogsduva
Thai: นกเขาตู้, นกกะลุมพูแดง, นกลุมพูแดง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-lum-pʰuu daeeŋ, nók kʰăw-tûu, nók lum-pʰuu daeeŋ
Turkish: Gümüş tepeli güvercin
Ukrainian: Голуб світлоголовий
Vietnamese: Bồ câu nâu, Chim Bồ câu nâu
Chinese: 紫林鸽
Chinese (Traditional): 紫林鴿

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