Japanese Wood Pigeon (Columba janthina)
About the Japanese Wood Pigeon
The black wood pigeon or Japanese wood pigeon (Columba janthina) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in East Asia, occurring mainly on offshore islands of the Pacific's Korea Strait, Philippine Sea and East China Sea around Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The species is in decline owing to habitat loss, habitat degradation, deforestation and hunting. This wood pigeon is endemic to laurel forest habitat.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 22 recordings for this species: 17 CC BY-NC-ND · 4 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Japan in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbusrecording
- Nilgiri Wood PigeonColumba elphinstoniirecording
- Rock DoveColumba liviarecording
- Stock DoveColumba oenasrecording
- White-headed PigeonColumba leucomelarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.