Snow Pigeon

How to identify

Field marks

1. Head dark gray, with a white collar
2. Underparts white, becoming gray toward belly
3. Back brownish-gray, with a single white patch on lower back
4. Wings pale gray with three brown bands; black tail with a white band

Male, female and young

Juvenile has narrow pale buff feather edges on upperparts and wings, and white underparts washed buff.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: April · Most records: China, Bhutan, Nepal

Snow Pigeon has been recorded at 98 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Balang Shan [General Area]China184 records
2. Tharpaling MonasteryBhutan180 records
3. Balang Shan – Tunnel AreaChina141 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ChinaBhutanNepalIndia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The snow pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the genus Columba in the family Columbidae from hilly regions of central Asia. They are grey, black, pale brown and white birds and two subspecies are recognised: C. l. leuconota occurs in the western Himalayas from western Afghanistan to Sikkim and C. l. gradaria occurs in the mountains of eastern Tibet and from eastern Nan Shan (Qinghai) to Yunnan and extreme northern Myanmar. The birds forage in open country in pairs or small groups, feeding on grain, buds, shoots, berries and seeds.

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