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Treron sieboldii

Photo by Akiko Hidaka
Photo taken: Kanto, Japan

[edit] Identification

33cm. Dark green back, golden forehead, light green nape and neck, blue grey lower neck and mantle, yellow green throat and upper breast, white belly, purple-red legs and feet, light blue base to bill. Males have a purple brown shoulder patch.

[edit] Distribution

China, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Temperate forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit and occasionally acorns.

They build a flimsy nest of twigs and 2 white eggs are laid.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages