It's all about the feet n feather ...
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Treron phoenicopterus
33 cm
Widespread resident; unrecorded in most of Himalayas and northwest.
ID: Large size, grey cap and greenish-yellow forehead and throat, broad olive-yellow collar, pale greyish-green upperparts, mauve shoulder patch, yellowish band at base of tail, and yellow legs and feet. Sexes are similar, although female is duller. T. p. chlorigaster and T. p. phillipsi occurring in peninsular India and Sri Lanka have greenish-yellow belly and flanks almost concolorous with yellow of breast. Belly and flanks are grey in the northern subspecies (T. p. phoenicopterus) and clearly demarcated from breast. Intermediates occur.
Voice: Similar to that of Orange-breasted.
HH: Habits similar to Orange-breasted. Deciduous forest and fruiting trees around villages and cultivation.
Source: Helm Field Guides.
It's all about the feet n feather ...
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
Treron phoenicopterus
33 cm
Widespread resident; unrecorded in most of Himalayas and northwest.
ID: Large size, grey cap and greenish-yellow forehead and throat, broad olive-yellow collar, pale greyish-green upperparts, mauve shoulder patch, yellowish band at base of tail, and yellow legs and feet. Sexes are similar, although female is duller. T. p. chlorigaster and T. p. phillipsi occurring in peninsular India and Sri Lanka have greenish-yellow belly and flanks almost concolorous with yellow of breast. Belly and flanks are grey in the northern subspecies (T. p. phoenicopterus) and clearly demarcated from breast. Intermediates occur.
Voice: Similar to that of Orange-breasted.
HH: Habits similar to Orange-breasted. Deciduous forest and fruiting trees around villages and cultivation.
Source: Helm Field Guides.