Green pigeon
Genus of birds
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Treron is a genus of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae.[1] It contains 30 species distributed across Asia and Africa, they all are remarkable for their green plumage that lead to their common name green pigeons, which comes from a carotenoid pigment found in their diets of fruits in their wild habitats;[2] other than that, they also eat various, nuts, and/or seeds.
| Green pigeons | |
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| male Thick-billed green pigeon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Subfamily: | Treroninae |
| Genus: | Treron Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Columba curvirostra Gmelin, 1789 | |
| Species | |
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(Total 30)See text | |
Members of this genus can be further grouped into species with long tails, medium-length tails, and wedge-shaped tails. Most species of green pigeon display sexual dimorphism, where males and females can be readily distinguished by differences in their plumage.[citation needed] They dwell in trees and occupy a variety of wooded habitats.[citation needed]
Taxonomy
The genus Treron was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot with the thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) as the type species.[3][4] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek τρηρων trērōn simply meaning "pigeon" or "dove".[5]
The genus contains 30 species:[1]
- Cinnamon-headed green pigeon (Treron fulvicollis)
- Little green pigeon (Treron olax)
- Pink-necked green pigeon (Treron vernans)
- Orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus)
- Pompadour green pigeon complex:
- Sri Lanka green pigeon (Treron pompadora)
- Grey-fronted green pigeon (Treron affinis)
- Ashy-headed green pigeon (Treron phayrei)
- Andaman green pigeon (Treron chloropterus)
- Philippine green pigeon (Treron axillaris)
- Buru green pigeon (Treron aromaticus)
- Thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
- Grey-cheeked green pigeon (Treron griseicauda)
- Sumba green pigeon (Treron teysmannii)
- Flores green pigeon (Treron floris)
- Timor green pigeon (Treron psittaceus)
- Large green pigeon (Treron capellei)
- Yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus)
- Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia)
- Madagascar green pigeon (Treron australis)
- Comoros green pigeon (Treron griveaudi)
- African green pigeon (Treron calvus)
- Pemba green pigeon (Treron pembaensis)
- São Tomé green pigeon (Treron sanctithomae)
- Pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda)
- Sumatran green pigeon (Treron oxyurus)
- Yellow-vented green pigeon (Treron seimundi)
- Wedge-tailed green pigeon (Treron sphenurus)
- White-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
- Ryukyu green pigeon (Treron permagnus)[6]
- Taiwan green pigeon (Treron formosae)
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