Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Yellow-footed Green-pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) - HBW 4, p. 198

French: Colombar commandeur German: Rotschultertaube Spanish: Vinago Patigualdo
Other common names: Common/Yellow-legged Green-pigeon, Yellow-footed Pigeon

Taxonomy: Columba phænicoptera [sic] Latham, 1790, India.
Allied to African Treron species; closest affinities appear to be with T. waalia. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

phillipsi Ripley, 1949 - Sri Lanka.
chlorigaster (Blyth, 1843) - India S of Gangetic Plain.
phoenicoptera (Latham, 1790) - E Pakistan and N India E through Himalayan foothills and Gangetic Plain to Assam and Bangladesh.

See all 5 subspecies

phillipsi Ripley, 1949 - Sri Lanka.
chlorigaster (Blyth, 1843) - India S of Gangetic Plain.
phoenicoptera (Latham, 1790) - E Pakistan and N India E through Himalayan foothills and Gangetic Plain to Assam and Bangladesh.
viridifrons Blyth, 1846 - extreme SC China (S Yunnan), Myanmar (to N Tenasserim) and NW Thailand.
annamensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1909) - E Thailand, S Laos and S Vietnam (Annam, Cochinchina).