Scaly-naped Pigeon

Patagioenas squamosa (Bonnaterre, 1792)

Scaly-naped Pigeon, Patagioenas squamosa, is a pigeon of the West Indies in North America, placed in the family Columbidae. It is found across the Caribbean, including the Greater Antilles apart from Jamaica and the Bahamas, and the Lesser Antilles. It lives in rainforest and also in drier lowland woodland, and it is locally common close to human settlements. Its nape has a scaly look, and the neck is maroon. The species lays one to two eggs in a nest built mainly in trees.

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves

Breeding range

North America: West Indies