European green pigeon
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Northern green pigeons in Sri Lanka |
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The orange-breasted green pigeon ( Treron bicinctus ), also Orangebrüstige Grüntaube or gold Kropf Grüntaube called, is a type of pigeon birds. It is distributed in several subspecies in Southeast Asia.
Appearance
The black pigeon reaches a body length between 25.5 and 30 centimeters, depending on the subspecies. It is very similar to the blotched green pigeon . The face and throat are yellow-green. The breast plumage is covered in mauve colors. The lower abdomen is yellowish. The tail feathers are broadly lined with light gray at the end. The under tail-coverts are light brown. The wing feathers have a yellow border at the end, so that the wing covers have a yellow stripe about 5 millimeters wide.
Spread and behavior
The European green pigeon occurs from India via Assam to Bangladesh and the islands of Hainan and Java . Like all green pigeons it is a tree-dwelling pigeon species. Wild figs, dates and berries represent a large part of their food spectrum. The nests are usually built in trees that stand on the edge of a forest opening. The nest is small and only loosely assembled. A clutch consists of two eggs.
Subspecies
- Treron bicinctus bicinctus (Jerdon, 1840) - Widespread on the Indian subcontinent from the foot of the Himalayan massif ( Uttarakhand to Assam ), Western Ghats (south of Goa ), Eastern Ghats . Southeast Asia from Myanmar and Thailand to Laos and Vietnam and the Malay Peninsula .
- Treron bicinctus leggei EJO Hartert, 1910 - Sri Lanka
- Treron bicinctus domvilii (Swinhoe, 1870) - Hainan
- Treron bicinctus javanus Robinson & Kloss, 1923 - Java and Bali
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free life, keeping and breeding , Verlag M. & H. Schaper, Alfeld-Hannover 1996, p. 251
literature
- Gerhard Rösler: The wild pigeons of the earth - free life, keeping and breeding , Verlag M. & H. Schaper, Alfeld-Hannover 1996 ISBN 3-7944-0184-0 .
Web links
- Treron bicinctus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2014.