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White-bellied Green Pigeon (Treron sieboldii)

White-bellied Green Pigeon
Photo: Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the White-bellied Green Pigeon

The white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii), also known as Siebold's green pigeon and Japanese green pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in East, and Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is temperate forests and woodlands. Its population has increased significantly since 2000. It is one of the few green pigeons that migrates. The species epithet is named after Philipp Franz von Siebold, a German naturalist and traveler. White-bellied green pigeons are found in Japan, Taiwan, eastern and southern China, and northern Southeast Asia. In Japan, their population is found mainly in Hokkaido and the Ryukyu Islands. They also occur in Taiwan and eastern and southern China, and in northern Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.

Source: White-bellied green pigeon on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 24 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-ND · 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.

Listed as recorded in Japan, Russia, Taiwan (China) in the xeno-canto catalogue.

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