| Nicobar pigeon | |
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| An adult Nicobar pigeon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Caloenas |
| Species: | C. nicobarica
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Columba nicobarica Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö[3]) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas alongside the extinct spotted green pigeon and Kanaka pigeon, and is the closest living relative of the extinct dodo and Rodrigues solitaire.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Caloenas nicobarica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690974A93297507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690974A93297507.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Whitehead, Rev. G.; Dictionary of the Car (Nicobarese) language; published 1925 by American Baptist Mission Press; pp. xxvi-xxxii