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The Pompadour green pigeon, Sri Lanka green pigeon or Ceylon green pigeon (Treron pompadora) is a pigeon in the genus Treron. In Sri Lanka, this bird and several other green pigeon are known as bata goya in the Sinhala language. [2] It is found in the forests of Sri Lanka. Many authorities split the species from the pompadour green pigeon complex.
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The bird life of Sri Lanka is very rich for its size and more than 500 species have been recorded. In addition to the many resident birds, a considerable number of migratory species winter in the country to escape their northern breeding grounds.
The distribution of the pompadour green pigeon is peculiarly disjunct and several are distinctive, leading many authorities to split it into six species: [2] [3] Sri Lanka green pigeon (Treron pompadora) from Sri Lanka. Monotypic. Grey-fronted green pigeon (Treron affinis) from the Western Ghats in India. Monotypic.
Sri Lanka wood pigeon: Columba torringtoniae (Kelaart, 1853) OR: Sri Lanka: 23: Pale-capped pigeon: Columba punicea Blyth, 1842: OR: northeast India through southeast Asia: 24: Silvery pigeon: Columba argentina Bonaparte, 1855 (possibly extinct) OR: western Malaysia: 25: Andaman wood pigeon: Columba palumboides (Hume, 1873) OR: Andaman and ...
The Sri Lankan wood pigeon or Ceylon wood pigeon (Columba torringtoniae) is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri Lanka.. This species nests in damp evergreen woodlands in the central highlands, building a stick nest in a tree and laying a single white egg.
This is the first new bird species discovered in Sri Lanka since 1868, when the Sri Lanka whistling-thrush (Myophonus blighi) was described. [4] There are some proposals for species level taxonomic revisions, and therefore endemic status in Sri Lanka. [1] The country prefix "Sri Lanka" in common names is normally restricted to endemic species.
The green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a large forest pigeon. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwards to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines. The large range extends from Nepal, southern India and Sri Lanka eastwards to southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Sri Lanka wood pigeon, Columba torringtoniae; Pale-capped pigeon, Columba punicea; Silvery pigeon, Columba argentina – (thought to be extinct, rediscovered in 2008) Andaman wood pigeon, Columba palumboides; Black wood pigeon or Japanese wood pigeon, Columba janthina † Bonin wood pigeon, Columba versicolor – extinct (c. 1890)