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Family Name : Columbidae

Common Name : Yellow-legged Green Pigeon - Scientific Name : Treron phoenicopterus ‹‹ Go Back

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Image title

: Yellow-legged Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus

Other names

: Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Taxonomy & status

: endemic ssp T p phillipsi scarce resident in low, dry North-eastern foothills of Sri Lanka

Remarks

: adult male

Red data status

: critically endangered

Photographer

: Pathmanath Samaraweera

Location

: Nilgala

Date

: 21st June 2010

Equipment

: digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED III and Nikon Coolpix 7900