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Wedge tailed green pigeon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Columbiformes

Genus
  
Treron

Higher classification
  
Green pigeon

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Columbidae

Scientific name
  
Treron sphenurus

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Bird, Green pigeon, Pigeons and doves, Pin‑tailed green pigeon, Thick‑billed green pigeon

Wedge tailed green pigeon incubates eggs on nest


The wedge-tailed green pigeon or Kokla green pigeon (Treron sphenurus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

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It is greenish yellow with wedge shaped tail.The crown is tinged with orange-rufous with variable amount of maroon on back and scapulars in male but absent in female. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Wedge tailed green pigeon male bird close up video 4


References

Wedge-tailed green pigeon Wikipedia