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Yellow-footed Green-pigeon

Pigeons, Doves & Sandgrouse

Photo: (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Treron phoenicopterus

Basic stats

Range

Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and Southeast Asia

Size

About 33cm

The yellow-footed green pigeon is about 33cm long, and its most striking feature is bright yellow or yellow-orange legs and feet. Adults have a bluish-grey crown and nape, a yellowish-green forehead and throat, a broad yellow collar, pale greyish-green upperparts and a mauve or purple shoulder patch. The wings are dark with yellow edges, and the male is somewhat brighter than the female (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is a common green pigeon of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, and the state bird of Maharashtra. Northern birds tend to have greyer underparts and southern birds more yellow-green. Its range includes Nepal. The sources opened give no diet, habitat or breeding detail, so none is stated.

Quick answers

Where is the Yellow-footed Green-pigeon found?
Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and Southeast Asia
How big is the Yellow-footed Green-pigeon?
About 33cm
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