Nesting behavior of the Picazuro pigeon, Columba Picazuro (Columbidae, Aves).
The Picazuro Pigeon nests in all months of the year in southeastern Brazil. Nest material is plucked from trees or ground and carried to build a frail and transparent nest of sticks where one egg is laid. Female and male alternate in incubation and brooding and do not soil the nest with feces.
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, 13506-900, Brazil.
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D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009425:Nesting Behavior / Q000502:physiology*