Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

What the Orange-breasted Green Pigeon sounds like

Recorded by Manoj Karingamadathil · Song, barbet · Ezhimala, Kannur, Kerala, India · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Taiwan, Singapore.

About the Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

The orange-breasted green pigeon is a pigeon found across tropical Asia south of the Himalaya across parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like other green pigeons, it feeds mainly on small fruit. They may be found in pairs or in small flocks, foraging quietly and moving slowly on trees. The nape is blue-grey and the crown is yellowish green. The uppertail coverts are bronzed and the undertail coverts are unmarked rufous. The male has a pinkish band on the upper breast with a broader orange one below while the female has a bright yellow breast.

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Easily confused with

Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurusIt is greenish yellow with wedge shaped tail. Sri Lanka Green PigeonTreron pompadoraThe Pompadour green pigeon, Sri Lanka green pigeon or Ceylon green pigeon is a pigeon in the genus Treron. Pin-tailed Green PigeonTreron apicaudaThe pin-tailed green pigeon is a medium sized dove, with an average weight of 185-255 grams.

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