Yellow-footed Green Pigeon - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Yellow-legged Green Pigeon

Nominate subspecies, pair
Photo © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, 21 December 2018

Treron phoenicopterus

Identification

33cm (13 in)

• Bluish-grey top of head, cheeks and nape
• Yellowish-green wash on forehead
• Yellowish-green throat
  • Yellow neck
• Yellow feet and legs

Distribution

subspecies annamensis
Photo © by James Eaton
Tmat Boey, Cambodia, March 2006

Asia: found in China, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• T. p. phillipsi:

• Sri Lanka

• T. p. chlorigaster

• Peninsular India south of the Gangetic Plain

• T. p. phoenicopterus:

• Eastern Pakistan and northern India to Assam and Bangladesh

• T. p. viridifrons:

• Extreme southwest China (Yunnan) to Myanmar and northwest Thailand

• T. p. annamensis:

• East Thailand to south Laos and south Vietnam

Habitat

Dry decideous forests amongst fruiting trees, gardens.

Subspecies T. p. chlorigaster
Photo © by ariban
Patuli, Kolkata, India, May 2010

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes fruit, especially figs.

Vocalisation

Recording © by Alok Tewari
Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, 11 January 2024, 4.45 pm.
Single whistle-like song given by one individual foraging in the Ficus tree.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-footed Green Pigeon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-footed_Green_Pigeon

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