Nicobar Pigeon - Facts | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Unlikeotherpigeons,groupsofNicobarpigeonstendtoflyincolumnsorsinglefile,notinalooseflock.Thewhitetailisprominentinflightwhenseenfrom ...

Nicobar pigeons are hunted in considerable numbers for food, and also for their gizzard stone (a rock held inside a birds stomach) which is used in jewelry. The species is also trapped for the local pet market, although such trade is generally illegal. Nicobar pigeons are also threatened by the decrease of the available nesting habitat. The offshore islets which they require are often logged for plantations, destroyed by construction activity, or polluted by nearby industry or harbors. Also, increased travel introduces predators to more and more of the breeding sites, and colonies of the Nicobar pigeon may be driven to desert such locations or be destroyed outright.

The IUCN Red List and other sources don’t provide the total population size of the Nicobar pigeon. According to the Wikipedia resource, there are only 1,000 adult bird...