White-bellied green pigeon

White-bellied green pigeon
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Treron
Species:	T. sieboldii
Binomial name
Treron sieboldii (Temminck, 1835)

The white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in East Asia, Russian Far East and Southeast Asia. ^[1] Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Its population has increased significantly since 2000. ^[2]

White-bellied green pigeon in Ōiso, 2023

The pigeon is known for its unusual habit of drinking saltwater. A well-known location where the pigeons do this in Japan is Terugasaki in Ōiso in Kanagawa Prefecture. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Treron sieboldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22691283A93308026. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691283A93308026.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Ueta, Mutsuyuki (2020), "Avifauna at Ooyamazawa: Decline of Birds that Forage in Bushy Understories" , Long-Term Ecosystem Changes in Riparian Forests, Ecological Research Monographs, Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp. 201–211, doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-3009-8_11 , ISBN   978-981-15-3008-1 , retrieved 2023-08-21
3. "Japanese Green Pigeon". Archived from the original on April 20, 2004. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
4. "White-bellied green pigeons battle waves in Kanagawa". Mainichi Shimbun . November 4, 2015. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.