Ring-tailed pigeon

Ring-tailed pigeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Patagioenas
Species: P. caribaea
Binomial name
Patagioenas caribaea
(Jacquin, 1784)
Distribution of the ring-tailed pigeon
Synonyms

Columba caribaea Jacquin, 1784

The ring-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas caribaea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Jamaica.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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