Reproduction
The Bonin Wood Pigeons usually mated in the trees or in the forests. Their eggs were particularly vulnerable to Crows and other natural predators. They each normally make two eggs and the pigeons eggs usually takes 17 to 19 days to hatch into a young Bonin Wood Pigeon, just like any other Wood Pigeons of today.
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