Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

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iYellow-footed Green Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, Gujarat, India
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, Gujarat, India
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Treron
Species: T. phoenicoptera
Binomial name
Treron phoenicoptera
(Latham, 1790)

The Yellow-footed Green Pigeon or Yellow-legged Green Pigeon Treron phoenicoptera is a common species of Green Pigeon found in South Asia. The species feeds on fruits of a large variety of fruit trees including a number of species of Ficus. They forage in flocks. In the early morning they are often seen sunning on the tops of emergent trees in dense forest areas.