Backyard Birds

Yellow-footed or Yellow-legged Green Pigeons

 
(Columbidae – Please see also Doves)

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The Yellow-footed or Yellow-legged Green Pigeons Treron phoenicoptera is a common species of Green Pigeon found in South Asia. In the early morning they are often seen sunning on the tops of emergent trees in dense forest areas. For more information, see our guide on birds. For more information, see our guide on backyard birds. For more information, see our guide on birds of prey.

 

Diet / Feeding:

The Yellow-legged Green Pigeons species feeds on fruits of a large variety of fruit trees including a number of species of Ficus. They forage in flocks.

 


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  According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this species is well documented.

  According to Audubon Society, this species is well documented.

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See also  Magpie Pigeons
 

 

 
 
 

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