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Green pigeon

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Genus of birds

Green pigeons
male Thick-billed green pigeon
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Treroninae
Genus: Treron
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Columba curvirostra
Gmelin, 1789
Species

(Total 30)See text

Treron is a genus of bird in the pigeon family Columbidae.[1] It contains 30 species distributed across Asia and Africa, they all are remarkable for their green plumage that lead to their common name green pigeons, which comes from a carotenoid pigment found in their diets of fruits in their wild habitats;[2] other than that, they also eat various, nuts, and/or seeds.

Members of this genus can be further grouped into species with long tails, medium-length tails, and wedge-shaped tails. Most species of green pigeon display sexual dimorphism, where males and females can be readily distinguished by differences in their plumage.[citation needed] They dwell in trees and occupy a variety of wooded habitats.[citation needed]

Taxonomy

The genus Treron was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot with the thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra) as the type species.[3][4] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek τρηρων trērōn simply meaning "pigeon" or "dove".[5]

The genus contains 30 species:[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/pigeons/. 
  2. ↑ Mahler, Bettina; Araujo, Lidia S.; Tubaro, Pablo L. (May 2003). "Dietary and Sexual Correlates of Carotenoid Pigment Expression in Dove Plumage". The Condor 105 (2): 258–267. ISSN 0010-5422. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1370545. 
  3. ↑ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816) (in French). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire. Paris: Deterville/self. p. 49. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9745205x/f55.image. 
  4. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1937). Check-List of Birds of the World. 3. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 14. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14477729. 
  5. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 389. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl/page/n389. 
  6. ↑ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/updates/species-updates/. 
  • Gibbs, David; Barnes, Eustace; Cox, John (2001). Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Yale University Press. pp. 425–456. ISBN 0-300-07886-2. 

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