Madagascar Green-pigeon

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Madagascar Green-pigeon
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Treron
Species: T. australis
Binomial name
Treron australis
(Linnaeus, 1771)

The Madagascar Green-pigeon (Treron australis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Madagascar, Comoros, and Mayotte. The taxon griveaudi, by most authorities considered a subspecies of the Madagascar Green-pigeon, is sometimes considered a separate species, the Comoros Green-pigeon (Treron comorensis). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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