Merpati dan tekukur (Pigeons & Doves)
African Green Pigeon
Treron calvus
- tidak umum
- 63 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Hangs upside down in fig trees like a parrot. Olive green camouflage so perfect it disappears mid-branch.
- Populasi
- Not quantified; described as "frequent to locally abundant" across its range, with an overall decreasing population trend (linked to ~10.2% tree cover loss within range over three generations, though not enough to meet threatened thresholds)
- Habitat
- Riparian forest, woodland, savanna, coastal dune forest, gallery/secondary forest, and arable land/rural gardens; closely associated with fruiting trees (especially wild figs), sea level to ~2,250m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Despite belonging to the pigeon family, the African Green Pigeon has parrot-like feet and climbing agility that let it clamber acrobatically through fruiting fig canopies to reach food.
- Sebaran
- Widespread resident across sub-Saharan Africa (38 countries/territories, ~17.9 million km2 extent of occurrence), from Senegal and Gambia in West Africa through Central Africa to East and Southern Africa (e.g. Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
- Makanan
- Primarily frugivorous, feeding on wild figs (Ficus sycomorus, F. sur) and other fruits (saffronwood, jacket plum, buffalo-thorn, water berry, jackalberry, loquats, mulberries); occasionally forages on the ground and has been recorded eating carrion
- Ukuran
- 0,3 m
