| Yellow-footed Green Pigeon | |
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| In Kaziranga, Assam, 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) |
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Local name- Hariyal.
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.
It is a State bird of Maharashtra, India These are also found in Pakistan.