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Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon – Specimen 1 – Female


Details

Voucher Code: FTLBGJ145001
NCBS Voucher Code: NRC-AA-5874

Date: 23 December 2024
Gender: Female
Location: Coorg, Karnataka, India

Overall

Weight: 323 gm
Wingspan: 643 mm
One wing: 271 mm
Body Length with tail: 386 mm
Tail Length: 176 mm
Primary Projection: 55.1 mm
Wing-to-Tail: 87.1 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 54.5 mm
Head Width: 20.6 mm
Beak Length: 18.6 mm
Beak Width: 8.7 mm
Gape Length: 24.4 mm
Gape Width: 13.5 mm

Legs

Femur: 43.8 mm
Tibiotarsus: 43.6 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 24.6 mm
Digit 1: 11.2 mm
Digit 2: 19.8 mm
Digit 3: 29.1 mm
Digit 4: 20.2 mm
Claw 1: 8.8 mm
Claw 2: 8.4 mm
Claw 3: 8.9 mm
Claw 4: 7.4 mm

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