Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

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Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, Gujarat, India
Conservation status
Least Concern
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 Treron phoenicoptera also known as Yellow-legged Green Pigeon 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.

[edit] References

• Rasmussen, P. C. and Anderton, J. C. (2005) Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide. Vol 1 and 2. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions.

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Pair just before Mating at Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon District of Haryana, India.	Mating at Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon District of Haryana, India.	at Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon District of Haryana, India.	Feeding on ground at Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon District of Haryana, India.
at Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon District of Haryana, India.	phoenicoptera race - Eating Chickoo at Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.	phoenicoptera race - Eating Chickoo at Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.	phoenicoptera race - In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
phoenicoptera race - In Kolkata, West Bengal, India.	phoenicoptera race - At Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.	phoenicoptera race - At Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.