Talk:Sumatran green pigeon

Sumatran green pigeon is currently a Biology and medicine good article nominee. Nominated by AryKun (talk) at 09:30, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Sumatran green pigeon/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: AryKun (talk · contribs) 09:30, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Esculenta (talk · contribs) 15:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi AryKun! You've been busy I see... I'll grab this review and another. Comments this weekend. Esculenta (talk) 15:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's my review. The article is quite good already; all I really have to offer is some prose tweaks and linking suggestions.

"pigeon family, Columbidae." ~~comma not needed~~ (meh, stylistic differences; ignore)
"First described by Dutch zoologist" -> needs "the", else is false title
"in 1823, is endemic" missing "it"
"The Sumatran green pigeon is listed as ~~being of~~ near-threatened" (in Conservation section too)
link coverts, crown, roosts
why did Swainson create a new genus and new epithet for the species. Was he unaware of previous taxonomy or did he disagree with it?
link synonymised
"importance of anatomical characters" "character" is sort of a jargony term for "trait", which might be a more accessible term (or just link it)
(not GA requirement): suggest common name redirect for "yellow-bellied pin-tailed green pigeon"
"is known as Punai salung" use language template (then it will be automatically italicized so it also covers the recommended MOS:WAW italicization)
link nape, scapular, coverts, tertials, primaries, secondaries, rufous, lores, cere, iris, fledged, orbital, bill, mandible, maroon, vent
It's a very minor point, but all sentences in the 3rd paragraph of description noticeably start with "The". A bit of variety would break up the minor monotony.
"while the tip is bluish-horn." what does this mean?
what variety of English is this (coloration vs. synonymised)
"may have been visiting the lowlands to feed or may have been escaped captive birds."
possibly useful links: foraging, communal roosting, parasitised, bird nest, bird egg, protected areas, montane forest
"of the species's conservation status" I think most style guides would recommend instead using species' … when the possessive noun is a singular noun ending in "s," the possessive form is typically written with just an apostrophe after the "s" (species') rather than adding an additional "s" (another instance later too)

Spot checks:

I checked statements sourced to BirdLife International (2017), Van Balen et al. 2015, Adams et al. 2005, and Gill et al. 2023. No issues noted.
source Van Balen et al. 2015 could be link here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291945647
I noticed that BirdLife International (2017) mentions its generation length (4.2 years); this is useful encyclopaedic info, no?

Images: the single image in the article is appropriately licensed.

Putting this review on hold to let nominator address minor points above. Esculenta (talk) 17:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]