{"id":90424,"date":"2026-02-28T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=90424"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:20:49","slug":"nilgiri-wood-pigeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nilgiri-wood-pigeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nilgiri Wood Pigeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nilgiri Wood Pigeon Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent research paper warns that climate change could lead to the habitat of Western Ghats endemic species such as the Nilgiri Wood Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) and become limited to a few isolated pockets by the end of the century.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nilgiri Wood Pigeon<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a species of pigeon<\/span><b> endemic to the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Ghats<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are best identified in the field by their large size, dark colours and the distinctive checkerboard pattern on their nape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It inhabits high-elevation<\/span><b> wet evergreen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forest, <\/span><b>moist evergreen and semi-evergreen forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including densely wooded ravines and hollows known as \u2018sholas\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It occurs primarily in foothills and mountains, up to 2,250 metres above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mainly found in regions such as <\/span><b>the Nilgiris and Anamalai Hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Isolated populations are also reported from locations such as the Biligirirangan Hills, Nandi Hills, and <\/span><b>northern Maharashtra.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are mainly frugivorous and forage in the canopy of dense hill forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">threatened by hunting, deforestation, agricultural and infrastructure expansion, plantation development and climate change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Nilgiri Wood Pigeon<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Wild Life Protection Act:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule-I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/climate-change-could-restrict-habitat-availability-for-western-ghats-birds-such-as-the-nilgiri-wood-pigeon-warn-researchers\/article70683416.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nilgiri Wood Pigeon is a species of pigeon endemic to the Western Ghats in India. 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