How big is a Sumba Green Pigeon?

The Sumba Green Pigeon is a medium sized bird weighing about 206 g.

Where can you see a Sumba Green Pigeon?

The Sumba Green Pigeon is endemic to Indonesia, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Sumba Green Pigeon?

The Sumba Green Pigeon is most easily confused with the Pemba Green Pigeon, the Flores Green Pigeon and the Timor Green Pigeon.

Is the Sumba Green Pigeon endangered?

The Sumba Green Pigeon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Sumba Green Pigeon

Treron teysmannii

Doves and Pigeons · Columbiformes · Legendary

The Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii) is a legendary doves and pigeon found only in Indonesia, weighing about 206 g. The Sumba green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

Near ThreatenedLegendaryEndemicEats fruitforest206 g

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 2 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 3 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 4 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 5 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 6 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Sumba Green Pigeon

The Sumba green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Sumba Island in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Where it lives

Indonesia

When to see it

Best months: June, July, August, September, October, November, with peak activity in August. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Sumba Green Pigeon look like?: The Sumba green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
How big is a Sumba Green Pigeon?: The Sumba Green Pigeon is a medium sized bird weighing about 206 g.
Where can you see a Sumba Green Pigeon?: The Sumba Green Pigeon is endemic to Indonesia, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Sumba Green Pigeon?: The Sumba Green Pigeon is most easily confused with the Pemba Green Pigeon, the Flores Green Pigeon and the Timor Green Pigeon.
Is the Sumba Green Pigeon endangered?: The Sumba Green Pigeon is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

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