Pink necked green pigeon

Pink necked green pigeon

Pink necked green pigeon

Common name: Pink-necked Green Pigeon, Pink-necked Pigeon.

Family: Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves).

Scientific Name: Treron vernans.

Species name author: (Linnaeus, 1771).

Distribution: This beautiful species of pigeon is found in tropical forests of Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Pink necked green pigeon(Male and Female)

Description: 

Males: Crown, forehead and lores very pale bluish-grey, nape, sides of neck and upper breast purplish-lilac, paler on lower of face. Upper body, scapulars and tertials dark greyish-green, uppertail coverts tinged with yellowish-rufous. Tail dark bluish-grey with black terminal band, broader on outer rectrices, and thinly edged with grey.

Female: Uniform green plumage; yellow stripe in wing; belly has yellow tinge; thighs mixed dark green and yellow; under tail coverts pale cinnamon.

Diet: Pink-necked Green Pigeons eat mainly fruits, largely figs and berries of all kinds.