Yellow-Footed Green Pigeon

Yellow-Footed Green Pigeon

Treron phoenicopterus

Also known as: Yellow-Footed Pigeon, Yellow-Legged Green Pigeon

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About This Species

A fruit-eating pigeon of the Indian subcontinent, often found in flocks moving between fruiting fig and other trees in parks, groves and forest edges. Its green plumage with a grey head and yellow legs provides excellent camouflage among foliage, so a musical, whistling call is often the first clue to its presence. Watching a fruiting fig tree at dawn or dusk is one of the most reliable ways to see a flock feeding.

Ethical Viewing Guidelines

  • Feeding flocks are easily flushed from a fruiting tree, so watch from a distance rather than approaching directly beneath the canopy.
  • It is protected under India's Wildlife Protection Act across much of its range, and disturbing feeding or roosting flocks should be avoided as a matter of course.
  • Patience near a known fruiting tree is more productive than trying to walk in close.
LCAvesColumbiformesColumbidae

Seasonal Activity

151,888 sightings · 2000–2026

Citizen science records via GBIF

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae

Photo

(c) Lip Kee Yap, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Occurrence data from GBIF.