Thick-billed Green Pigeon

Overview

The thick-billed green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is a rather small-sized pigeon, measuring under 26 cm in length, which is smaller compared to other green pigeons.

Identification

• Plumage: Grey crown and maroon mantle are diagnostic, with black primary and secondary wings edged in yellow.
• Bill: Thick, pale greenish bill with a red base.
• Underside: Green in both sexes; males have maroon dorsum and dull chestnut undertail coverts, while females have greenish undertail coverts with whitish scales.
• Legs: Thighs are dark green with whitish scales.

Habitat

It ranges across the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, stretching from the Eastern Himalayas to Borneo and Sumatra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Diet

Known to feed on syconia of figs, walking slowly along the branches to forage.

Did you know?

The specific epithet 'curvirostra' combines the Latin 'curvus' meaning 'curved' with '-rostris' meaning 'billed', referring to its thick bill.