
Yellow-Footed Green Pigeon
Treron phoenicopterus
Also known as: Yellow-Footed Pigeon, Yellow-Legged Green Pigeon
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.