Yellow-footed green pigeon

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Yellow-footed green pigeon
Yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg
Pair in Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Treron
Species:
T. phoenicopterus
Binomial name
Treron phoenicopterus
(Latham, 1790)
Synonyms

Treron phoenicoptera (Latham, 1790)

At Punjab Bhavan, New Delhi. Yellow footed green pegion.JPG
At Punjab Bhavan, New Delhi.

The yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus), also known as yellow-legged green pigeon, is a common species of green pigeon found in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. [2] It is the state bird of Maharashtra. [3] [4] In Marathi, it is called Haroli or Hariyal. It is known as Haitha in Upper Assam and Haitol in Lower Assam. The species feeds on fruit, including many species of Ficus . They forage in flocks. They are habitat generalists: [5] in the early morning, they are often seen sunning on the tops of emergent trees in dense forest areas, especially Banyan trees, [6] but they have also been spotted in natural remnants in urban areas. [5] Their population is currently increasing. [5]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Treron phoenicopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. "BirdLife International (2022) Species factsheet: Treron phoenicopterus". datazone.birdlife.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  3. Yellow-footed green pigeon to remain Maharashtra state bird. GovernanceNow.com June 28, 2011.
  4. Rebello, S. Yellow-footed green pigeon retains the state bird tag. Hindustan Times June 29, 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 Choudaj, Kiran; Shaha, Chaitali (2023-06-01). "Natural remnants are refuges for rare birds in an urban area: a study from Pune city, India". Ornis Hungarica. 31 (1): 62–71. doi: 10.2478/orhu-2023-0004 . ISSN   2061-9588.
  6. Win, Nwet Nwet; et al. (June 2016). "ChemInform Abstract: Isopimarane Diterpenoids from Kaempferia pulchra Rhizomes Collected in Myanmar and Their Vpr Inhibitory Activity" . ChemInform. 47 (29). doi:10.1002/chin.201629225. ISSN   0931-7597.