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Grey-fronted Green Pigeon vs Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Grey-fronted Green Pigeon (Treron affinis)

Grey-fronted Green Pigeon

Treron affinis

Medium234 gForest

The male has a reddish mantle. The female has a green mantle.

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Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Treron vernans

Medium132 gForest

The pink-necked green pigeon is a medium-sized pigeon, measuring 25 to 30 cm (9.8–11.8 in) in length and weighing around 105–160 g (3.7–5.6 oz). The species has sexually dimorphic plumage. The male has a grey head, pinkish neck and upper breast, and the rest of the breast is orange. The back is olive green and the wings are green with black primaries and yellow edging on the tertiaries which create a yellow bar across the wing in flight. The belly is yellowish with grey flanks, and the tail is grey with a black band at the end, and a chestnut uppertail coverts.

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