Nicobar pigeon

Nicobar pigeon
Organized in columbidae (Columbidae).
Birds resident status in Thailand
Nicobar Pigeon A body as well as a bantam grow about 40-41 cm body size. But with a small head and a bulging muscle is sore nose. Feathers on the body as a green glassy gray tail feathers are white, but with long hair hanging out the neck like a necklace. The hair will be longer when the birds get older. There is also a large, strong legs. It is a bird that walks like living under the ground.
Although a Nicobar Pigeon bird feed on the ground, essentially. It is a bird that can not fly. It is reported that the aircraft can jump between islands, as if startled birds to fly or jump up on the tree. And I cried a Long time to hear a voice.
Distribution of species over different islands in the Andaman Sea and the Indo - Pacific, Nicobar Islands, the Andaman Islands, Solomon Islands and Palau. In a rare species of birds. They live in forests or wild beaches of the Similan Islands, Surin Islands. Or otherwise, Angthong
The bird was classified as a protected species under the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act Sakr Buddhist kingdom in 2535 but has been bred by the authorities of Thailand in 2538 found that birds can lay Nicobar round. year