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Treron sphenurus

Photo by Rajiv Mehta in Dehradun, India

[edit] Identification

33cm.

[edit] Distribution

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• T.s.sphenurus Mts. of Kashmir to sw China, Myanmar, n Thailand and Laos

• T.s.robinsoni Mountains of Malay Peninsula and central Vietnam

• T.s.korthalsi High mountains of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and motanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages