Profile
In flight
Pigeons & Doves
Asian Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
A flash of green low through the understory and then gone again, leaving you doubting your own eyes. The forest floor's secret jewel.
- Population
- widespread across South and Southeast Asia, locally common in suitable forest
- Habitat
- shaded primary and secondary forest, mangroves, forested coast and edge
- Diet
- fallen fruit, seeds, small invertebrates
- Size
- 0.27 m
- Wingspan
- 0.42 m
