Thick-billed Green Pigeon

The thick-billed green pigeon is a rather small green pigeon, under 26 cm long. A thick pale greenish bill with a red base, a broad bluish-green eye ring, a grey crown and a maroon mantle are diagnostic. The wings have black primaries and secondaries with a yellow outer edge, the thighs are dark green with whitish scales, and the female has greenish undertail coverts with whitish scales (Wikipedia, general species account).

It ranges across the eastern parts of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from the eastern Himalaya to Borneo and Sumatra, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Myanmar. It is known to feed on figs, walking slowly along the branches. SoIB 2023 treats it as a resident forest bird that eats fruit and nectar, rates it a Low conservation priority, and gives a Moderate range of about 73,000 km² (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).