Bruce's Green Pigeon (Treron waalia)
About the Bruce's Green Pigeon
Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia), also known as the yellow-bellied fruit pigeon or the yellow-bellied green pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. Its range extends across the Sudan (region) towards the Red Sea and the Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna and Dhofar Mountains. It is a frugivore bird species that specialises on eating the fruits of a single species of fig tree, Ficus platyphylla. Unlike most birds, it does not have a uropygial gland. Despite its name, Bruce's green pigeon is mostly grey with a light yellow breast and olive green upper wings.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 5 recordings for this species: 1 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.
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Listed as recorded in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Orange-breasted Green PigeonTreron bicinctusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.