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Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon - feathers of adult preyed by Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon - feathers of adult preyed by Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Adult

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Garajonay National Park, La Gomera

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» February, 1992

Equipment

» Praktica MTL5 with 50 mm lens

Bird Species

»Columba bollii - Bolle's Pigeon

Bird Species (French)

»Pigeon de Bolle

Bird Family

»Columbidae - Pigeons, Doves

Bird Group

»Columbiformes Pigeon, Dove

Bird Status

» Near Threatened

Remarks

» Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon is endemic to the Canary Islands, being a typical species of the laurel forests. The subspecies of Eurasian Sparrowhawk on Madeira and the Canaries is Accipiter nisus granti.

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