Pigeons, Doves

Bruce's Green Pigeon

Treron waalia

The Bruce's Green Pigeon (Treron waalia) is a 254 g woodland bird that eats mostly fruit. Some populations migrate.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

254 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

25

Recorded in Gambia, Nigeria, Oman, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, Yemen, Benin, Burkina Faso, S. Sudan, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Somalia, Niger, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Togo, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea.

Where to see it: Water hole and forest near Rajaf (South Sudan); Ayn Hamran (Oman); Mole NP · Mole Hotel & waterhole (Ghana); Socotra (Yemen); Hara Langano Lodge (Ethiopia).

Photo: (c) Joey Bom, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist