yellow-eyed pigeon, pale-backed pigeon (Columba eversmanni) Description
Lahore to Yārkand : incidents of the route and natural history of the countries traversed by the expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth /
Date 1873
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/17824088095
Author Forsyth, Thomas Douglas; Henderson, George; Hume, Allan Octavian
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lahore_to_Y%C4%81rkand_(17824088095).jpg
The yellow-eyed pigeon or pale-backed pigeon (Columba eversmanni) is a member of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). It breeds in southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, north-east Iran and extreme north-west China. It winters in north-east Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Rajasthan (including Tal Chhapar Sanctuary and Jorbeer, Bikaner). The binomial commemorates the German biologist and explorer Eduard Friedrich Eversmann who did much research into the flora and fauna of the southeast steppes of Russia. Order: Columbiformes, Family: Columbidae, Genus: Columba, Species: Columba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856.
