Large Green-pigeon (Treron capellei)

Other Names (World)
Large Green-Pigeon, Large Thick-billed Green-pigeon, Great Green-pigeon, Large Green Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
33.50 - 36 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1823)

Habitat
Primary and logged evergreen rainforest, almost exclusively in the lowlands, rarely ascending foothills. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Thailand (B).

Malay Peninsula through Sumatra and associated islands (Nias, Telo, Siberut and Lingga Archipelago) to Borneo and Java.

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

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, conversion to agriculture and fire, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Large Green Pigeon (Treron capellei) [XC169442]
by Bas van Balen from Seribu Riam, Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia (call)

Large Green Pigeon (Treron capellei) [XC530095]
by GABRIEL LEITE from nr. Lesan Protection Forest, Kabupaten Berau, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in monotypic genus Butreron. Affinities uncertain, but appears to be allied to the predominant Asian Treron lineage, rather than the pin-tailed and wedge-tailed forms.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

magnirostris Strickland, 1844 - Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo.
capellei (Temminck, 1822) - Malay Peninsula to northern Sumatra, Borneo, Java and adj. islands.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Large Green-pigeon (Treron capellei) - 10 files

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