Silvery Pigeon

Columba argentina

The Silvery Pigeon (Columba argentina) is a bird found in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia. It eats fruit, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Columba argentina
Region	Asia
Found in	Indonesia

🏡 Where the Silvery Pigeon lives

Found in Indonesia.

🍽️ What it eats

🍎 Fruit60%
🌰 Seeds & nuts30%
🌿 Leaves & plants10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 It weighs about 308 grams. It mostly eats fruit and seeds.

Hear the Silvery Pigeon

Recorded by Duncan Wilson (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC428477. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Silvery Pigeon

Where does the Silvery Pigeon live?

The Silvery Pigeon lives in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia.

What does the Silvery Pigeon eat?

fruit (about 60%), seeds and nuts (about 30%), leaves and other plant parts (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Silvery Pigeon endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.