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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 134 g
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Rather small-sized pigeon being under 26 cm (10 in) as compared to other green pigeons. A thick pale greenish bill with red base, broad bluish-Green eye ring, grey crown and maroon mantle diagnostic. Wings have black primary and secondaries with yellow outer edge. Underside green in both sexes. Thighs dark green with whitish scales. Female has greenish undertail coverts with whitish scales. Males have maroon dorsum and dull chestnut undertail coverts.
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When to see the Thick-billed Green Pigeon
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Thick-billed Green Pigeon
The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Thick-billed Green Pigeon
The thick-billed green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
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Easily confused with
White-bellied Green PigeonTreron sieboldiiThe white-bellied green pigeon is a medium-sized, compactly built pigeon 33–36 centimetres (13–14 in) long.
Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurusIt is greenish yellow with wedge shaped tail.
Orange-breasted Green PigeonTreron bicinctusSimilar 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.
Side by side: Grey-fronted Green Pigeon vs Thick-billed Green Pigeon · Thick-billed Green Pigeon vs White-bellied Green Pigeon · Thick-billed Green Pigeon vs Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon · Orange-breasted Green Pigeon vs Thick-billed Green Pigeon
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