Orange‑breasted Green Pigeon Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Treron bicinctus
Family : Columbidae
Order : Columbiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Orange-breasted Pigeon
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon is an olive-green pigeon (adult bird length approximately 29 cm, wing 16 cm, bill 1.2 cm, tarsus 2.4 cm, tail 10 cm). The male has a yellowish-green forehead, orange cast on the lower breast. The female looks olive above and yellowish-green below. It lacks lilac and orange on the breast. It feeds almost exclusively on fruits, especially figs, berries and drupes. It breeds in March-September.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Columba punicea
(Pale‑capped Pigeon) -
Treron apicauda
(Pin‑tailed Green Pigeon) -
Spilopelia chinensis
(Eastern Spotted Dove) -
Spilopelia suratensis
(Western Spotted Dove) -
Treron curvirostra
(Thick‑billed Green Pigeon) -
Streptopelia tranquebarica
(Red Turtle-Dove) -
Treron phayrei
(Ashy-headed Green-pigeon) -
Treron sphenurus
(Wedge‑tailed Green Pigeon) -
Streptopelia decaocto
(Eurasian Collared Dove) -
Ducula badia
(Mountain Imperial Pigeon)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Majbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Antero Lindholm(www.xeno-canto.org/Antero Lindholm), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Majbah Mishu,Bangladesh;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Antero Lindholm(www.xeno-canto.org/Antero Lindholm), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.