Grey-cheeked green pigeon

Grey-cheeked green pigeon
Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Treron
Species:
T. griseicauda
Binomial name
Treron griseicauda
Bonaparte, 1855
Synonyms
  • Osmotreron griseicauda

The grey-cheeked green pigeon (Treron griseicauda) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its diet consists of fruit,[2] primarily figs.[3] People in Java, Indonesia commonly hunt it using nylon, in a practice known as racik.[4]

Illustration by Keulemans, 1893

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Treron griseicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691165A93304615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691165A93304615.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Baptista, Luis F.; Trail, Pepper W.; Horblit, H. M.; Boesman, Peter F. D. (2020). "Gray-cheeked Green-Pigeon (Treron griseicauda), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.gycpig1.01.
  3. ^ Kurniawan, Firman Heru; Rahayuningsih, Margareta; Kartijono, Nugroho Edi; Abdullah, Muhammad (2022-12-21). "EVALUATION ON THE POPULATION OF STRANGLER FIGS (Ficus subgen. Urostigma) IN MOUNT UNGARAN, CENTRAL JAVA". Media Konservasi. 27 (3): 83–90. doi:10.29244/medkon.27.3.83-90. ISSN 2502-6313.
  4. ^ ISKANDAR, JOHAN; FATHIN A, SYAHRAS; SILMI R, HASNA; HUSODO, TEGUH; WULANDARI, INDRI; MEGANTARA, ERRI N.; PARTASASMITA, RUHYAT; SYA SHANIDA, SYA (2021-07-29). "Bird diversity and ethno-ornithological knowledge of local people in Ciletuh-Palabuhanratu Geopark, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia". Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity. 22 (8). doi:10.13057/biodiv/d220838. ISSN 2085-4722.