Red-headed Wood Pigeon
Columba janthina nitens
Photo: Shou Saito / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
The red-headed wood pigeon is a large pigeon with a purplish-red tinge on the head, an endemic subspecies of the Ogasawara Islands. It lives in island forest, feeding on fruit. Its numbers are very small and it has been threatened by introduced animals such as cats, so it is a Natural Monument with ongoing conservation work.
- Scientific name
- Columba janthina nitens
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Tokyo
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Critically EndangeredMinistry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026)
- 日本語
- アカガシラカラスバト
- 简体中文
- 红头黑林鸽
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The Red-headed Wood Pigeon is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokyo.
You can see the Red-headed Wood Pigeon at Inokashira Park Zoo, Tama Zoological Park, Ueno Zoological Gardens, among others (confirmed on each facility's official website on 2026-10-15).
The Red-headed Wood Pigeon is listed as "Critically Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment 5th Red List (2026) (listed as アカガシラカラスバト).
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