Fig 1 : Pink-necked Green Pigeon - male
Fig 2 : Pink-necked Green Pigeon - male
Fig 3 : Pink-necked Green Pigeon - female
Fig 4 : Thick-billed Pigeon - male
Fig 5 : Thick-billed Pigeon - female
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Pigeons
and doves are familiar,
stout-bodied birds in the Columbidae family with a worldwide distribution.
They primarily feed on fruits, seeds and figs which gives them an important
ecological role as seed dispersers.
Link: Wikipedia
Examples of green pigeons from Southeast Asia:
Fig 1 :
Pink-necked Green Pigeon - male
Treron vernans
Location : Portsdown, Singapore
Habitat : Wooded, residential area.
Fig 2 :
Pink-necked Green Pigeon - male
Treron vernans
Location : Songkhla, Thailand
Habitat : Mangrove edge.
Fig 3 :
Pink-necked Green Pigeon - female
Treron vernans
Location : Portsdown, Singapore
Habitat : Wooded, residential area.
Fig 4 :
Thick-billed Pigeon - male
Treron curvirostra
Location : Bukit Brown, Singapore
Habitat : Secondary forest in old cemetery.
Notes : Feeding on figs of Ficus microcarpa.
Fig 5 :
Thick-billed Pigeon - female
Treron curvirostra
Location : Pulau Pinang, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Secondary hill forest.
Notes : Observed feeding on white figs. |
