Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Latin Name: 
Treron phoenicopterus
Category: 
Size: 
33cm
Description: 

Male ashy olive-green above; olive-yellow collar, band in dark slaty tail; lilac-red shoulder-patch (mostly absent in female); yellow legs and underbody. Female slightly duller than male. The nominate (northern) race has grey lower breast and belly. Small flocks; mostly arboreal, rarely coming to salt-licks or cropland; remains well hidden in foliage but moves briskly; has favourite feeding trees.

Habitat: 
forests, orchards, city parks, cultivated village vicinities.
Food: 
fruits, berries.
Distribution: 
south roughly of line from S Rajasthan to N Orissa to Sri Lanka; rarer in Pakistan.
Call: 
Call Description: 
rich, mellow whistling notes.
National Status: