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'''Pompadour Green Pigeon''' may refer to one of six species previously considered conspecific under the name '''Pompadour Green Pigeon''' (''Treron pompadora''):
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'''Includes Grey-fronted Green-Pigeon'''
 
  
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[[Image:Pompadour_Green_Pigeon.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br>Location:  Tissa Tank,  [[Sri Lanka]]]]
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*'''[[Sri Lanka Green Pigeon]]''' - ''Treron pompadora''
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*'''[[Grey-fronted Green Pigeon]]''' - ''Treron affinis''
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==Identification==
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*'''[[Andaman Green Pigeon]]''' - ''Treron chloropterus''
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*'''[[Ashy-headed Green Pigeon]]''' - ''Treron phayrei''
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28 centimeters in length. Its head, tail, and underparts are bright green, and its head has a grey crown. The legs are red; the bill is thin and grey. The flight feathers and tail are black.  The male has a chestnut back.  The female has a green back and no orange breast patch.
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*'''[[Philippine Green Pigeon]]''' - ''Treron axillaris''
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==Distribution==
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*'''[[Buru Green Pigeon]]''' - ''Treron aromaticus''
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Southern Asia from [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] east to the [[Philippines]].
 
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==Taxonomy==
 
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
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*T.p.pompadora [[India]] to sw [[China]], [[Thailand]], [[Laos]] and s [[Vietnam]]
 
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*T.p.chloropterus Andaman and Nicobar islands
 
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*T.p.phayrei [[Myanmar]] to sw [[China]] (Yunnan), [[Thailand]], [[Laos]] and s [[Vietnam]]
 
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*T.p.amadoni N Luzon (n [[Philippines]])
 
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*T.p.axillaris S Luzon, Polillo, Alabat, Catanduanes, Lubang and Mindoro
 
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*T.p.canescens E [[Philippines]] (Mandate to Cebu, Basilan and Mindanao)
 
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*T.p.everetti Sulu Archipelago (Bongao, Jolo, Sibutu and Tawitawi)
 
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*T.p.aromaticus S Moluccas (Buru), Tanahjampea, Kalao and Kalaotoa islands
 
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A Birdforum thread mentions that this species is proposed for splitting with most becoming Grey-fronted Green-Pigeon and Pompadour GP limited to [[Sri Lanka]].
 
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==Habitat==
 
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Rainforest and similar dense wet woodlands.
 
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==Behaviour==
 
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It builds a nest of sticks in a tree and lays two white eggs. Its flight is fast and direct.
 
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Diet includes the seeds and fruits of a wide variety of plants.
 
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==References==
 
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1887756 Birdforum thread] mentioning splitting of this species
 
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Treron+pompadora}}
 
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=756&Bird_Image_ID=23044&Bird_Family_ID=91 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Treron]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:03, 23 August 2012

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Pompadour Green Pigeon may refer to one of six species previously considered conspecific under the name Pompadour Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora):

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