Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon (Treron sphenurus) [XC23342]
by vir joshi from Emei Shan National Park, Sichuan, China (song)
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon (Treron) [XC409589]
by Nick Athanas from Mount Kerinci, West Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia (call)
Subspecies
In past, sometimes placed in genus Sphenurus. Closely allied to White-bellied Green-pigeon (Treron sieboldii) and Taiwan Green-pigeon (Treron formosae), and more distantly to Sumatran Green-pigeon (Treron oxyurus) species-group. Subspecies korthalsi formerly considered a distinct species on basis of emarginated third primary, but this feature subsequently found in some birds of other subspecies in present species.
Proposed subspecies yunnanensis and oblitus included in nominate; annamensis in robinsoni; and etorques in korthalsi.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
sphenurus (Vigors, 1832) - Mountains and foothills of Kashmir east to south-central China (south-western Sichuan, western and southern Yunnan, western Guangxi, Hainan), and south to southern Myanmar (Tenasserim), northern Thailand, Laos and northern Vietnam.
robinsoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Mountains of Malay Peninsula and central Vietnam (Annam).
korthalsi (Bonaparte, 1855) - Mountains of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet