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Whistling Green-Pigeon
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Whistling Green-Pigeon
Treron formosae
The Taiwan green pigeon or whistling green pigeon (Treron formosae) is a bird in the family Columbidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1863. It is found in Taiwan and Batanes in the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
From the article Taiwan green pigeon on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The Taiwan green pigeon is visually similar to the Wedge-tailed green pigeon, but with usually darker plumage. Females are of various green shades throughout, and males have a distinctive purple-grey patch over the wings.
Range & habitat
It inhabits subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest, cultivated fields where there are trees nearby, mainly lowlands and hills on small islands but is mainly a montane species on Taiwan, where it occurs up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). IUCN has assessed this bird as near threatened. This species' main threat is habitat loss and hunting.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat and conservation status”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3347.