Picazuro Pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro)

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Mãe-da-lua

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Mãe-da-lua

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Mãe-da-lua Reserve

in Itapajé, Ceará,
100 km from Fortaleza.

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The avifauna is listed in
Birds of NE Brazil.

For visits, contact Hermann.

Threatened species

Many species of NE Brazil are threatened by extinction. Our reserve helps to protect some of them:

White-browed Guan
Little Spotted Cat
Red Brocket

Birds of NE Brazil
in Caatinga, Cerrado,
and other habitats

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Picazuro Pigeon
Patagioenas picazuro
Asa-branca

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Family: Columbidae

The local form is P. p. marginalis, restricted to semi-arid northeastern Brazil and possibly part of Goias. RPPN Mãe-da-lua.

References: Hellmayr and Conover 1942, Pinto and Camargo 1961.

Synonyms: Columba picazuro TEMMINCK 1813; Columba picazuro marginalis NAUMBURG 1932.

07/11/2009; Mãe-da-lua reserve, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. 300 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 1. During the dry season, some Picazuro Pigeons come every day to the reservoir, to drink. In 2007, I noted only one pair in the Reserve. At the end of 2008, I counted 5 individuals. I expect the numbers to increase now, since illegal hunting and trapping in the reserve has become less.

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Figure 2. The pretty song of the Picazuro Pigeon. The sound was band-pass filtered (100 Hz, 1200 Hz) and amplified with Raven Pro 1.2.1.
Spectrogram parameters: DFT size and window size 2048 samples.

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