Pale-backed Pigeon
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| Columba eversmanni Bonaparte, 1856 |
The Pale-backed or Yellow-eyed Pigeon (Columba eversmanni) is a member of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).
It breeds in southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Afghanistan, north-east Iran and extreme north-west China. It winters in north-east Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir.
The binomial commemorates the biologist and explorer Eduard Friedrich Eversmann.
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