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Alternative name:Yellow-legged Green Pigeon

Treron phoenicopterus

Photo by dineshagg
Photo taken: Bharatpur, India.

Identification

33cm.

Distribution

South Asia.

Taxonomy

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

Habitat

Wooded areas.

Behaviour

The diet includes fruit, especially figs.

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.

External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages