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| - | [[Image:Pink-necked_Green_Pigeon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Laurence Poh]] | + | [[Image:Pink-necked_Green_Pigeon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|pohsp|Laurence Poh}} <br /> Location: Ipoh, [[Malaysia]] <br />The male is on the right; the female on the left.]] |
| - | Location: Ipoh, Malaysia. The male is on the right; the female on the left. | + | ;[[:Category:Treron|Treron]] vernans |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | Male: combination of Grey head and throat, pinkish purple upper breast and neck, and orange lower breast diagnostic. Mantle and wing covert apple green; under tall covert chestnut. Female: uniform green plumage with yellow tinge on belly; thighs mixed dark green aria yellow; under tail covert pale cinnamon.. Size 10 inches, 25 cm. | + | 25cm. Male: Grey head and throat, pinkish purple upper breast and neck, and orange lower breast, mantle and wing covert apple green; under tall covert chestnut. Female: green with yellow tinge on belly; thighs mixed dark green and yellow; under tail covert pale cinnamon. |
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| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | The Pink-necked Green-pigeon (Treron vernans) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. | + | [[Cambodia]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Myanmar]], the [[Philippines]], [[Singapore]], [[Thailand]], and [[Vietnam]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Monotypic<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. They prefer habitats with trees that provide fruits as well as a safe perch including mangroves, scrub, secondary forest, forest edge. | + | Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. |
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| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | Pink-necked Green Pigeons eat mainly fruits. Their colourful attire allows them to blend perfectly in the foliage of fruiting trees. Figs are their favourite, but they also eat palm fruit and berries, and nibble on buds. | + | Diet includes mainly fruits, especially figs, but also palm fruit and berries, and nibble on buds. |
| - | Like other Green Pigeons, they are arboreal and seldom come the ground except to drink, although they may snack on berries of low bushes. | + | |
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| - | Pink-necked Green Pigeons forage most actively in the early morning. Although they may feed in flocks of up to 30 in a fruiting tree, males especially may defend small patches from others in the flock. Pink-necked Green Pigeons tend to roost together and a site may attract hundreds of birds from a wide area and become a traditional roost. Favoured roosting sites are tall trees in swamps and mangroves. But they nest alone and not in large colonies. | + | |
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| - | Breeding (late March to late July): The male Pink-necked is very handsome and colourful. The duller female is easily confused with those of other Green Pigeons and is best identified by her male consort who is usually nearby. | + | |
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| - | Like other pigeons, the nest is a flimsy platform of twigs. About 15-20 cm in diameter, and so thin that sometimes the contents can be seen from below! The male collects the nesting material and passes these on to the female to assemble. Pairs nest alone, preferring spots near open spaces, in bushes as low as 2m off the ground and up to 10m high in trees and palms. Thus, pigeons and doves can feed their young without having to incessantly hunt or forage for food. Instead of laying many eggs, they lay one or at most two eggs. Their abundance is proof that this feature gives them the advantage. | + | |
| - | 1-2 white eggs are laid. Both parents take turns incubating them and both raise the young. Fledglings may remain near the nest for up to 1 week. | + | |
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| | + | The nest is flimsy and built by both parents. 1-2 eggs ae laid and are incubated by both parents who also both raise the young. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} |
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| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Treron+vernans}} | | {{GSearch|Treron+vernans}} |
| | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=758&Bird_Image_ID=151&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=758&Bird_Image_ID=151&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] |
| - | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Treron]] |
25cm. Male: Grey head and throat, pinkish purple upper breast and neck, and orange lower breast, mantle and wing covert apple green; under tall covert chestnut. Female: green with yellow tinge on belly; thighs mixed dark green and yellow; under tail covert pale cinnamon.
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Diet includes mainly fruits, especially figs, but also palm fruit and berries, and nibble on buds.
The nest is flimsy and built by both parents. 1-2 eggs ae laid and are incubated by both parents who also both raise the young.
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