Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Yellow-vented Green-pigeon (Treron seimundi) - HBW 4, p. 202
French: Colombar de Seimund
German: Weißbauch-Grüntaube
Spanish: Vinago Culigualdo
Other common names: White-bellied Pin-tailed Green-pigeon, Seimund's Green-pigeon
Taxonomy: Sphenocercus seimundi Robinson, 1910, Semangko Pass, Malay Peninsula.
In past, sometimes placed in genus Sphenurus. Closely allied to T. apicauda and T. oxyura, and these three species may form a link between the African and other Asian Treron species; more distantly related to the T. sphenura species-group. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- seimundi (Robinson, 1910) - mountains of Malay Peninsula; also recorded in Bangkok area of S Thailand, but possibly only vagrant.
- modestus (Delacour, 1926) - mountains of N & C Laos and C & S Vietnam (Annam, Cochinchina).
- Least Concern
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