Green pigeon

Green pigeons
male Thick-billed Green Pigeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Treron Vieillot, 1816
Species
see text

Treron is a genus of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. The genus is distributed across Asia and Africa. This genus contains 23 species, remarkable for their green coloration, which comes from a carotenoid pigment in their diet. Green pigeons have diets of various fruit, nuts, and/or seeds. They dwell in trees and occupy a variety of wooded habitats. Members of this genus can be further grouped into species with long tails, medium-length tails, and wedge-shaped tails. In most green pigeon species, males and females can be told apart by their different coloration.

Species

• Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon (Treron fulvicollis)
• Little Green Pigeon (Treron olax)
• Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)
• Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
• Pompadour Green Pigeon (Treron pompadora)
• Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
• Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon (Treron griseicauda)
• Sumba Green Pigeon (Treron teysmannii)
• Flores Green Pigeon (Treron floris)
• Timor Green Pigeon (Treron psittaceus)
• Large Green Pigeon (Treron capellei)
• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
• Bruce's Green Pigeon (Treron waalia)
• Madagascar Green Pigeon (Treron australis)
  • Comoros Green Pigeon (Treron (australis) comorensis)
• African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus)
• Pemba Green Pigeon (Treron pembaensis)
• São Tomé Green Pigeon (Treron sanctithomae)
• Pin-tailed Green Pigeon (Treron apicauda)
• Sumatran Green Pigeon (Treron oxyurus)
• Yellow-vented Green Pigeon (Treron seimundi)
• Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
• White-bellied Green Pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
• Whistling Green Pigeon (Treron formosae)

References

• Gibbs, David; Barnes, Eustace; Cox, John (2001). Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Yale University Press. pp. 425–456. ISBN 0-300-07886-2.