Sphenocercus cantillans = Treron sphenurus
Date 1857
Source Iconographie des Pigeons
Author Charles Lucien Bonaparte and P Bertrand (Paul Bertrand, 1879 – 1944)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SphenocercusCantillansBonaparte.jpg
The wedge-tailed green pigeon or Kokla green pigeon (Treron sphenurus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is greenish yellow with wedge shaped tail. The crown is tinged with orange-rufous with variable amount of maroon on back and scapulars in male pigeons but absent in females. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Treron
Species: Treron sphenurus (Vigors, 1832) |
