| Antigua
Birds: |
WHITE CROWNED PIDGEON
Family:
Columbidae
Columba leucocephala
Fairly common in Antigua and may be often seen near
Pigeon Beach on Middle Ground. This is a large (15 inch)
dark pigeon except for the bright white crown from
forehead to nape. The bill is yellow and the eyes are
white. These pigeons eat berries, seeds and some
insects. It utters as a call - wof, wof, woo, co-woo
in a rather owl-like fashion |
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Photo by Peter Duce |
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One
or two glossy white eggs are laid in a compactly built nest of
twigs, lined with fibrous roots and grasses. Sometimes the nests
are found in mangroves, in the bush or on the top of a cactus. |
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