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Red-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas flavirostris

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) Malo Ramírez, CC0

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.

United States	7,574
Texas	7,573
Mexico	2,492
Costa Rica	1,130
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	773
Quintana Roo	479
Provincia Alajuela	406
Sinaloa	244
Provincia Heredia	191
Provincia Cartago	180

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

Fruit eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating fruit.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Group and habits

Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Platform nestingListed by a harvested source as building platform nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Birds · Aves
Order	Pigeons and Doves · Columbiformes
Family	Pigeons and Doves · Columbidae
Genus	New World Pigeons · Patagioenas

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
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