Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

How to identify

Field marks

1. Legs and feet bright yellow or yellow-orange
2. Adult: crown and nape blue-gray or gray
3. Adult: forehead and throat yellow-green; broad yellow or olive-yellow collar
4. A single purple patch on scapulars; wings dark with yellow edges

Male, female and young

Male usually has brighter plumage; female is usually darker, with a less distinct purple scapular patch.

Where and when it's recorded

Yellow-footed Green Pigeon has been recorded at 227 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia4,371 records
2. Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia3,223 records
3. Okhla Bird SanctuaryIndia1,560 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaBangladeshNepalCambodiaThailandVietnamSri LankaMyanmar (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 yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicopterus), also known as yellow-legged green pigeon, is a common species of green pigeon found in the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It is the state bird of Maharashtra. Their population is currently increasing.

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