Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernFruit

ForestPlatform nestMedium · 158 g

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 1 — Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 2 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 3 — Photo: Ian Dugdale · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 4 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 5 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 6 — Photo: Ian Dugdale · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 8 — Photo: Ian Dugdale · CC BY 4.0

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi), photo 10 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The Yellow-vented green pigeon has a yellow vent, like the name suggests. Its body is mostly a dull green, but the neck, throat, chest and belly have a lighter green pigment. The eye rings and beak are both blue, the tip of the beak is grey. The pigeon's iris and feet are red. It has white legs and brown-violet patches on the shoulders.

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When to see the Yellow-vented Green Pigeon

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-vented Green Pigeon

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 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.

Thailand Malaysia Vietnam Laos Cambodia

Recorded as a rare visitor in China.

About the Yellow-vented Green Pigeon

The yellow-vented green pigeon, also known as Seimunds's Pintail Pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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Easily confused with

Cinnamon-headed Green PigeonTreron fulvicollisThe cinnamon-headed green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

Sumatran Green PigeonTreron oxyurusThe Sumatran green pigeon is a relatively slender species with a long wedge-shaped tail.

Sao Tome Green PigeonTreron sanctithomaeThe São Tomé green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

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