Whistling Green Pigeon
Treron formosae
Range and population
Treron formosae, considered a small-island specialist, nests in the Nansei Shoto
islands of
Japan
,
Taiwan
and the Batanes islands north of
Luzon
,
Philippines
; it is uncommon and local on the Batanes, rare in
Taiwan
and common only in the Nansei Shoto. It inhabits subtropical
broadleaved evergreen forest, cultivated fields where there are trees nearby,
and even towns where there are gardens, mainly on small islands but at up to
2,000 m on
Taiwan
. In the
Philippines
, threats presumably comprise deforestation and hunting while
commercial development through tourism is an imminent threat to Mt Irada.
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