White-bellied Green Pigeon

Treron sieboldii (Temminck, 1835)

33–36 cmLength245 gWeight

The male has a bright green head and breast, chestnut scapular patches, and a white belly.

Busiest months: March–May · Most records: China, Japan, Vietnam

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Head and breast bright green
Chestnut patches on scapulars
Belly, undertail, and legs and feet white
Eye-ring bright blue; iris pink to purple

Male, female and young

Female is paler, lacks the chestnut scapular patches, and has a frosty-green breast.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: March–May · Most records: China, Japan, Vietnam

White-bellied Green Pigeon has been recorded at 156 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Taipei – National Taiwan University Main CampusTaiwan (China)1,547 records
Pingtung – Pingtung University of Science and TechnologyTaiwan (China)599 records
Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)429 records

More places

Nantou – Meifeng Highland Experimental Farm of NTUTaiwan (China)150 records
Izumi – Kogawa DamJapan139 records
Taipei – Da'an Forest ParkTaiwan (China)137 records
Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5KTaiwan (China)111 records
Taipei – NTU Experimental Farm/Ecological PondTaiwan (China)102 records
Hualien – Fenglin BeilinTaiwan (China)61 records
Toyonaka – Hattori Greenbelt ParkJapan59 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China Japan Vietnam Thailand South Korea

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 white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii), also known as Siebold's green pigeon and Japanese green pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in East, and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests and woodlands.

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