Bruce's Green Pigeon - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by mikemik
Socotra, Yemen, November 2012

Treron waalia

Identification

• Deep olive green head
• Paler green throat and upper breast
• Yellow underparts
• Purple shoulder patches
• Deep olive green wings with buff edges
• Dark brown iris
• Orange legs and feet
• Light grey bill

Distribution

Africa and the Middle East
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, DRC
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda
Middle East: Arabian Peninsula, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Socotra, Oman

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Subspecies T. w. jubaensis is generally considered invalid^[2].

Habitat

Savanna.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Bruce's Green Pigeon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bruce%27s_Green_Pigeon

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