Seychelles Blue Pigeon

The pigeon is about 10 inches in length. Its head and breast are silver-grey, and these feathers can be raised when the bird is excited, giving it a ruffled look. Its wings, underbody and tail are dark blue. It has a distinctive bright crimson patch of orbital skin extending from forehead to crown. Its bill is dull yellow and it has dark grey legs.

The Seychelles Blue Pigeon is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Seychelles Blue Pigeon or Pizon Olande in Creole, spends much of its life in the canopy of trees and eats the fruits of figs, bwa dir, ylang ylang and other trees. Blue pigeons © Gideon Climo In the courtship flight, birds fly steeply upward before gliding down with their wings held stiffly down. Once it was shot for food, it became quite rare, but population has recovered and you can now see birds on many islands. More

The Seychelles Blue Pigeon is also known as the Blue Fruit Bird and is normally found in woodlands of the Seychelles islands. In Creole the bird is better known as the Pizon Olande. The Seychelles Blue Pigeon spends a large amount of time in tree canopies and loves the fruit of figs. You will find the bird on most of the large islands and it is also quite common at Cousine Island. More

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In the tree canopy may be seen Seychelles Blue Pigeon, (Pizon Olande Sesel), a species unique to Seychelles. Its Kreol name, Dutch Pigeon, comes from the red, white and blue plumage of the bird., the Dutch tricolour being the only one flying in the Indian Ocean during the early years of the Settlement of Seychelles. P. More

The Seychelles Blue Pigeon or Pizon Olande in Creole, spends much of its life in the canopy of trees and eats the fruits of figs, bwa dir, ylang ylang and other trees. Blue pigeons © Gideon Climo Read more... More

* Seychelles Blue Pigeon, seen in small numbers on all islands except Bird. * Seychelles Black Parrot, Basil told us that the best time to find these was 1530 at the entrance to the Valley de Mai, they came early at 1520 ! Only 2 seen but more heard calling. * Seychelles Scops-owl, heard and eventually seen at dusk near the radio station above Victoria. More

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Seychelles Blue Pigeon by Dave Chantler Seychelles Blue Pigeon by Dave Chantler Sprinkled on the tropical seas off East Africa are a series of islands where paradise is defined. Our tour is designed to maximize our experiences of these idyllic isles by visiting those with the richest bird life and most incredible scenery, be it rugged, forest-clad volcanic peaks or white beaches, fringed by warm waters and teeming coral reefs. More