Nicobar pigeon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Nicobar pigeon lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Caloenas nicobarica
Group	Pigeons & doves
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Asia, Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Columbiformes
Family	Columbidae

Where does the Nicobar pigeon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Nicobar pigeon in 11 countries and territories across Asia and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Nicobar pigeon endangered?

The Nicobar pigeon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Nicobar pigeon?

The Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is a bird in the order Columbiformes and the family Columbidae, genus Caloenas. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Nicobar pigeon

The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas alongside the extinct spotted green pigeon and Kanaka pigeon, and is the closest living relative of the extinct dodo and Rodrigues solitaire.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nicobar pigeon (revision 1380600607), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q605804 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).