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Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

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-[[Image:Yellow-footed_Green_Pigeon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by dineshagg<br />Photo taken: Bharatpur, [[India]].]] 
'''Alternative name: Yellow-legged Green Pigeon''' '''Alternative name: Yellow-legged Green Pigeon'''
 +[[Image:25 5 green pigeon 1 of 1 -16.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|ariban|ariban}}<br />Patuli, Kolkata, [[India]], May 2010]]
;[[:Category:Treron|Treron]] phoenicopterus ;[[:Category:Treron|Treron]] phoenicopterus
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==Identification== ==Identification==
33cm. 33cm.
==Distribution== ==Distribution==
-South [[Asia]]. +[[Asia]]: found in [[China]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh]]<br />
- +'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]] and [[Thailand]].
==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy==
-[[Image:Yellow-footed green pigeon cambodia.jpg|thumb|350px|right|subspecies annamensis<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Tmat Boey, Cambodia, March 2006]]+[[Image:Yellow-footed green pigeon cambodia.jpg|thumb|350px|right|subspecies annamensis<br />Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br />Tmat Boey, [[Cambodia]], March 2006]]
Five subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> Five subspecies are recognized:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
-*''T. p. phillipsi'' - [[Sri Lanka]] +*''T. p. phillipsi'':
-*''T. p. chlorigaster'' - Peninsular [[India]] south of the Gangetic Plain +:*[[Sri Lanka]]
-*''T. p. phoenicopterus'' - Eastern [[Pakistan]] and northern [[India]] to [[Assam]] and [[Bangladesh]] +*''T. p. chlorigaster''
-*''T. p. viridifrons'' - Extreme southwest [[China]] (Yunnan) to [[Myanmar]] and northwest [[Thailand]] +:*Peninsular [[India]] south of the Gangetic Plain
-*''T. p. annamensis'' - East [[Thailand]] to south [[Laos]] and south [[Vietnam]]+*''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== ==Habitat==
-Wooded areas.+Dry decideous forests amongst fruiting trees, gardens.
- +
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
 +====Diet====
The diet includes fruit, especially figs. The diet includes fruit, especially figs.
==References== ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Avibase
- +{{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
{{GSearch|Treron+phoenicoptera}} {{GSearch|Treron+phoenicoptera}}
-*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=749&Bird_Image_ID=553&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]+<br />
-[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Treron]]+{{Video|Yellow-legged_Green_Pigeon Use "Yellow-legged Green Pigeon" to}}
 + 
 +[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Treron]] [[Category:Videos]]

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Alternative name: Yellow-legged Green Pigeon

Photo by aribanPatuli, Kolkata, India, May 2010
Photo by ariban
Patuli, Kolkata, India, May 2010
Treron phoenicopterus

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[edit] Identification

33cm.

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

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

Five subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • T. p. phillipsi:
  • T. p. chlorigaster
  • Peninsular India south of the Gangetic Plain
  • T. p. phoenicopterus:
  • T. p. viridifrons:
  • T. p. annamensis:

[edit] Habitat

Dry decideous forests amongst fruiting trees, gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes fruit, especially figs.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase

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