Green pigeon

Green pigeons
male Thick-billed green pigeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Subfamily:	Treroninae
Genus:	Treron Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Columba curvirostra Gmelin, 1789
Species
(Total 30)See text

Treron is a genus of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae. ^[1] It contains 30 species distributed across Asia and Africa, they all are remarkable for their green plumage that lead to their common name green pigeons, which comes from a carotenoid pigment found in their diets of fruits in their wild habitats; ^[2] other than that, they also eat various, nuts, and/or seeds.

Members of this genus can be further grouped into species with long tails, medium-length tails, and wedge-shaped tails. Most species of green pigeon display sexual dimorphism, where males and females can be readily distinguished by differences in their plumage.^{[ citation needed ]} They dwell in trees and occupy a variety of wooded habitats.^{[ citation needed ]}

Taxonomy

The genus Treron was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot with the thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) as the type species. ^{[3] [4]} The genus name is from the Ancient Greek τρηρωνtrērōn simply meaning "pigeon" or "dove". ^[5]

The genus contains 30 species: ^[1]

• 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 complex:
  • Sri Lanka green pigeon (Treron pompadora)
  • Grey-fronted green pigeon (Treron affinis)
  • Ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei)
  • Andaman green pigeon (Treron chloropterus)
  • Philippine green pigeon (Treron axillaris)
  • Buru green pigeon (Treron aromaticus)
• 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 griveaudi)
• 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)
• Ryukyu green pigeon (Treron permagnus) ^[6]
• Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae)

References

1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. Mahler, Bettina; Araujo, Lidia S.; Tubaro, Pablo L. (May 2003). "Dietary and Sexual Correlates of Carotenoid Pigment Expression in Dove Plumage". The Condor. 105 (2): 258–267. ISSN   0010-5422.
3. Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 49.
4. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 14.
5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 389. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
6. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" . Retrieved 2021-06-18.

• 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.