Bird Guide

Grey-fronted Green Pigeon vs Wedge-tailed 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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Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon (Treron sphenurus)

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron sphenurus

Medium210 gForest

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, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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