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Alternative name:Yellow-legged Green Pigeon

Treron phoenicopterus

Photo by dineshagg
Photo taken: Bharatpur, India.

[edit] Identification

33cm.

[edit] Distribution

South Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• T.p.phillipsi Sri Lanka

• T.p.chlorigaster Peninsular India south of the Gangetic Plain

• T.p.phoenicopterus E Pakistan and n India to Assam and Bangladesh

• T.p.viridifrons Extreme sw China (Yunnan) to Myanmar and nw Thailand

• T.p.annamensis E Thailand to s Laos and s Vietnam

[edit] Habitat

Wooded areas.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes fruit, especially figs.

[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