Thick-billed Green-pigeon (Treron curvirostra)

Other Names (World)
Thick-billed Green-Pigeon, Thick-billed Pigeon, Thick-billed Green Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, mangroves. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Hong Kong (China).

Nepal, north-eastern India (east to Arunachal Pradesh, south to Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland) and Bangladesh to southern China (western Yunnan, Hainan) south through Indochina and Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and surrounding islands, Deli I (south of western Java), Borneo and western Philippines (Mindoro, Palawan, Balabac).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra) [XC509586]
by Sam Hambly from Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra) [XC396755]
by Yeo SB from Thikhong Substation, Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand (call, song)

Subspecies
Closely related to Sri Lanka Green-pigeon (Treron pompadora). Possibly best considered as forming a superspecies with Grey-cheeked Green-pigeon (Treron griseicauda), Flores Green-pigeon (Treron floris), Sumba Green-pigeon (Treron teysmannii) and Timor Green-pigeon (Treron psittaceus), though all have been considered conspecific. Also, considered conspecific rarely, with Sri Lanka Green-pigeon (Treron pompadora). Numerous subspecies have been described, based on minor differences of questionable significance.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) - Central Nepal and north-eastern India through Myanmar to southern Indochina.
hainanus Hartert & Goodson, 1918 - Hainan I. (off south-eastern China).
curvirostra (Gmelin, 1789) - Widespread.
haliplous Oberholser, 1912 - Simeulue I. (off north-western Sumatra).
pegus Oberholser, 1912 - Nias I. (off western Sumatra).
smicrus Oberholser, 1912 - Sipora, Siberut and Batu Is. (off western Sumatra).
hypothapsinus Oberholser, 1912 - Islands off of western Sumatra (Mentawi Islands and Enggano Island; birds on Nias Island perhaps also this taxon).
nasica Schlegel, 1863 - Borneo.
erimacrus Oberholser, 1924 - Balabac, Palawan, Mindoro (Philippines).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Thick-billed Green-pigeon (Treron curvirostra) - 10 files

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