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Wedge-tailed
Green Pigeon |
Treron
sphenurus |
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RG |
Wedge-tailed
Green-pigeon |
Treron
sphenurus |
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CM |
Wedge-tailed
Pigeon |
Treron
sphenura |
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OB |
Wedge-tailed
Pigeon |
Treron
sphenura |
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14th Dec, 2006 |
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regional races (polytypic)
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-T.
s. sphenurus |
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| Treron sphenurus sphenurus |
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The Kokla Greeen Pigeon is spread throughout the Himalayas, extending
into the hilly regions of Assam and Sylhet. It frequents the zone
from 4,000 to 8,000 feet, in winter perhaps descending lower, for
Hutton remarks that they leave Mussooree in October, returning in
April to breed. It is common at Darjeeling, but as Tickell remarks,
not so extensively gregarious as the common green pigeons of the plains.
They frequent high trees, and feed of course exclusively on fruit.
Hutton found them breeding in May and June, making the usual nest
of dried twigs, and with two white eggs.
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