Pin-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron apicauda Blyth, 1846

≈34 cmLength217 gWeight

It is yellow-green overall with a particularly long tail, and the male has a golden-yellow breast tinged pink.

Busiest months: February–April · Most records: India, Thailand, China

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Yellow-green overall, with darker upperwing coverts
Male: breast golden-yellow, tinged pink
Central tail feathers blue-gray; undertail-coverts chestnut
Eye-ring and bill blue; legs and feet bright pink

Male, female and young

Female has duller yellow plumage and much shorter central tail feathers, and is smaller than male.

Voice

Soft whistles of “ku-koo”; also a high-pitched “doo”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–April · Most records: India, Thailand, China

Pin-tailed Green Pigeon has been recorded at 125 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 9 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary – Wat Tham Pha PlongThailand551 records
Mahananda WLS – Rongtong and Shivakhola ForestIndia495 records
Nameri National Park & SurroundingsIndia338 records

More places

Manas NP – BanasbariIndia300 records
Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia180 records
Dihing Patkai NP – SoraipungIndia149 records
Dak DamCambodia119 records
Mahananda WLS – LatpancharIndia106 records
Corbett NP – DhikalaIndia86 records
Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – headquarters & Fang hot springsThailand82 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India Thailand China Cambodia Vietnam Bhutan Nepal Myanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The pin-tailed green pigeon or pin-tailed pigeon (Treron apicauda) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae native to Southeast Asia. It has also been referred to by the former names Columba longicauda, Vinago apicauda, and Sphenocerus apicaudus in earlier ornithological literature.

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