Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
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Thick-billed Green Pigeon

Treron curvirostra (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

≈25 cmLength134 gWeight

It has a thick, pale green bill with a red base and broad blue-green eye-rings.

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

  1. Bill thick and pale green; base of the bill red
  2. Eye-ring broad, blue-green
  3. Crown gray
  4. Underparts green

Male, female and young

Male has a chestnut back and dark chestnut undertail-coverts; female has greenish undertail-coverts with white scaling.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore

Thick-billed Green Pigeon has been recorded at 394 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 15 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Kaeng Krachan NP – km 9 vicinityThailand882 records
  2. Kaeng Krachan NPThailand780 records
  3. Cat Tien NPVietnam599 records
More places
  1. Khao Yai NPThailand510 records
  2. Khao Luang NP – Krung Ching Waterfall trail & campgroundThailand493 records
  3. Dairy Farm Nature ParkSingapore390 records
  4. Sepilok – Rainforest Discovery CenterMalaysia359 records
  5. Kaeng Krachan NP – Ban Krang CampgroundsThailand342 records
  6. Khao Yai NP – headquarters vicinityThailand303 records
  7. Cat Tien National Park – HQVietnam297 records

Countries and regions with the most records

ThailandMalaysiaSingaporeVietnamCambodiaIndiaChinaPhilippines

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

Questions

How big is the Thick-billed Green Pigeon?

The Thick-billed Green Pigeon is about ≈25 cm long and weighs around 134 g.

Where does the Thick-billed Green Pigeon live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: widespread. It is most often recorded in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

When is the best time to see the Thick-billed Green Pigeon?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in February and March (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Thick-billed Green Pigeon endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Thick-billed Green Pigeon as Least Concern.

What does the Thick-billed Green Pigeon eat?

Main food: Fruit.

What family is the Thick-billed Green Pigeon in?

It belongs to the family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae), order Columbiformes.

At a glance

Length
≈25 cm
Weight
134 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Fruit
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
136 mm
Tail
74 mm
Bill
19 mm
Tarsus
20 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental: widespread

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Subspecies · 1
  • Treron curvirostra hainanus Hainan I. (off se China)

Classification

Family
Pigeons, Doves Columbidae
Genus
Treron

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Thick-billed Green Pigeon

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