Comoro Blue-Pigeon

• The blue pigeons of the Indian Ocean form a small island group with only three living species: a fourth, the Mauritius blue pigeon, became extinct in the nineteenth century and is known only from a few museum specimens.
• The plumage of its neck is erectile: it can raise the silvery-white feathers into a ruff during courtship and disputes.
• Aldabra, one of its refuges, is the largest raised coral atoll in the world and one of the few island ecosystems of the Indian Ocean that keeps its fauna practically intact.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Rainforest and wooded areas of the Comoros and Aldabra, in the western Indian Ocean

Sexual maturity

12 months

Gestation / incubation

18 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

1 egg

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Alectroenas sganzini

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.