Pink-necked Green Pigeon

The Pink-necked Green Pigeon is a familiar, adaptable pigeon found across Southeast Asia in forests, mangroves, gardens, and cultivated land. Males display a distinctive combination of pink throat and orange breast tones, while females are more uniformly green, making sex identification straightforward in this species.

Male throat and upper breast feathers show a soft pink wash grading into an orange-chestnut lower breast patch, set against an otherwise green body with a grey crown and nape. Females lack the pink and orange tones, appearing uniformly green with only subtle yellowish edging on the wing coverts. This bold male throat-and-breast coloration against green wings is the clearest identification feature, distinguishing it from other green pigeons in the region.

Males show the described pink throat and orange breast patch, while females are plain green throughout, aside from faint yellow wing-covert fringes. Juveniles resemble females, with young males acquiring the pink and orange tones gradually as they mature. Molt proceeds gradually in this largely non-migratory tropical species.

Found in lowland forest, mangroves, scrub, and cultivated or urban areas across much of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. It is a largely resident species, well adapted to human-modified landscapes.

Pink-necked Green Pigeons feed on fruit in the canopy, often gathering in small to large flocks at fruiting trees. They build a flimsy stick platform nest in a tree or shrub. Their call is a series of soft, whistled and gurgling notes. Their tolerance of disturbed and urban habitats makes them one of the more frequently observed green pigeons in the region.