The Timor green pigeon (''Treron psittaceus'') is a species of

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in the family

Columbidae Columbidae is a bird Family (biology), family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the Order (biology), order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with small heads, relatively short necks and slender bills that in ...

. It is found on the islands of

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Timor Timor (, , ) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is Indonesia–Timor-Leste border, divided between the sovereign states of Timor-Leste in the eastern part and Indonesia in the ...

. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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s. It is threatened by

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Distribution and habitat

The Timor green pigeon is found on the islands of

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, and

Atauro Atauro (, , ), also known as Kambing Island (), is an island and municipality (, or ) of Timor-Leste. Atauro is a small oceanic island situated north of Dili, on the extinct Wetar segment of the volcanic Inner Banda Arc, between the Indones ...

in the

Lesser Sundas The Lesser Sunda Islands (, , ), now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (, or "Southeast Islands"), are an archipelago in the Indonesian archipelago. Most of the Lesser Sunda Islands are located within the Wallacea region, except for the Bali pr ...

. It inhabits

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monsoon forest Seasonal tropical forest, also known as moist deciduous, semi-evergreen seasonal, tropical mixed or monsoon forest, typically contains a range of tree species: only some of which drop some or all of their leaves during the dry season. This tropic ...

, and

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with tall trees in lowlands, occurring up to altitudes of .

Behaviour and ecology

The Timor green pigeon is

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and has been recorded feeding on figs.

References

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet.
Timor green pigeon Birds of Timor Endangered animals Endangered biota of Asia Timor green pigeon Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Columbiformes-stub