Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Least Concern
Bruce's Green-pigeon (Treron waalia)
Taxonomy
French: Colombar waalia German: Waaliataube Spanish: Vinago waalia
Other common names:
Yellow-bellied Green-pigeon
Taxonomy:
Columba waalia
F. A. A. Meyer
, 1793,near Lake Tana, Ethiopia
.Distribution:
S Mauritania and Senegambia E through Sahel zone to Eritrea and N Somalia and S to N Uganda; also Socotra, Yemen, SW Saudi Arabia and extreme W Oman (Dhofar).
Descriptive notes
28–30 cm; 251–268 g. Head, neck and breast light greenish grey; mantle, back, rump, scapulars, most wing-coverts, and innermost secondaries light yellowish olive-... read more
Voice
Rather stereotyped phrase with slight variations. Typically starts with an accelerating croaking... read more
Habitat
Densely wooded valleys, forest patches near water-holes, and less commonly savanna and thorn-scrub... read more
Food and feeding
Frugivorous; reported to feed largely on various species of figs (Moraceae), particularly Ficus platyphylla and, in Sudan,... read more
Breeding
Recorded Dec–Sept in W Africa; Nov–May in N parts of E Africa; and Apr–May in rest of E Africa; in Arabia, young in nest... read more
Movements
Little information; in Africa, resident in many areas, although at least partially nomadic in... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Frequent to locally abundant throughout much of its range, although apparently commoner in first half of 20th century. Not uncommon in Gambia; common... read more
A member of the African species-group of green-pigeons, but apparently most closely allied to T. phoenicopterus of S Asia. Birds of lower R Jubba (Somalia) previously separated as race jubaensis. Monotypic.