Bird Guide

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon vs Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (Treron bicinctus)

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

Treron bicinctus

Medium174 gForest

Similar in appearance to other green pigeons including the yellow-footed green pigeon and the grey-fronted green pigeon but has no maroon on the wing. The male does not have any grey on the head but has a narrow band of lilac on the upper breast with a broader orange band below. The undertail-coverts are cinnamon with the longer feathers edged yellow. The tail is grey above with a broad subterminal dark band. The females are yellow below and lack the orange or lilac bands. The undertail coverts are duller cinnamon with greenish spots.

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Sonogram of the Orange-breasted Green Pigeon
Recorded by Manoj Karingamadathil · Song, barbet · Ezhimala, Kannur, Kerala, India · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
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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Photo: lonelyshrimp · CC0

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