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Nesting behavior of the Picazuro Pigeon, Columba Picazuro (Columbidae, aves)

Comportamento de nidificação da pomba-asa-branca, Columba picazuro (Columbidae, Aves)

The Picazuro Pigeon nests in all months of the year in southeastern Brazil. Nest material is plucked from trees or ground and carried to build a frail and transparent nest of sticks where one egg is laid. Female and male alternate in incubation and brooding and do not soil the nest with feces.

nesting; behavior; Columba picazuro; Columbidae; Aves


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