Lincoln Park Zoo

Common name: Pheasant pigeon
Latin Name: Otisiphaps nobilis nobilis

Class: Birds
Order:    Columbiformes

Description
A brightly colored species, the pheasant pigeon has a brown back and wings, blue chest, green head, iridescent green-blue neck ring, and red rings around the pupils.

Range
New Guinea

Status
Common

Habitat
Rain forest

Niche
The pheasant pigeon feeds on seeds and fruit found on the ground of its rain-forest habitat.

Life History
A terrestrial bird, the pheasant pigeon is unique among pigeons for its practice of nesting on the ground. The species lays one egg at a time in nests built beneath bushes and trees.

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