Friday, July 15, 2011

නිල් මහගොයා[Nil maha goya]/ Green Imperial Pigeon(Ducula aenea)

Largest pigeon of the island and a resident of forests from lowland to lower hills. Usually found in upper canopy. Living as pairs or as small flocks (especially during fruiting season of varies trees). It is arboreal and feeds on fruits mainly in the morning and again in the evening. 

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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 24, 2015 at 4:13 PM

    Is this Green or Grey Imperial Pigeon?

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  2. kwilaMarch 15, 2018 at 8:12 AM

    Today morning I observed around Raddoluwa


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  3. Piyal jayJanuary 16, 2019 at 10:54 PM

    There are 3 pairs come to my garden every morning and evening for 2 years. Before this i had never seen this bird in my area. Jaela bopitiya. Fortunately no need to catch them. They come everyday and stay in my garden several hours.

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    1. BushanaJanuary 18, 2019 at 8:13 AM

      Yes they have been spreading in to Colombo suburban areas since sometime back though it was not observed there 2-3 decades before.

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    2. UnknownJanuary 24, 2020 at 10:23 PM

      I think that one Family (3 birds)coming to our cherry tree and some people who are saying that Bata goya,Neela maha goya but Birds scientist are recognized as Imperial Green pigeon. Any way we are thanks giving to Nature God and Jesus christ bkz Surprising Refreshing giving us every morning...

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  4. PawanJuly 7, 2020 at 5:46 PM

    Today this evening I think I spotted this one with two other small pigeons ..so large in size compared to the other two.

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  5. Wasantha DeshapriyaNovember 14, 2020 at 12:07 PM

    3 birds of this species is visiting my garden at Papiliyana for years now.

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  6. UnknownNovember 30, 2020 at 7:52 PM

    I have seen a pair of this bird for the first time near my house at Torrington avenue ,colombo 05...i was surprised coz this is first time i have seen these birds in colombo.

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  7. ChathuriFebruary 25, 2021 at 9:18 AM

    I saw a couple at Minuwangoda Matammana in 2019 and again at Thalangama Koswatta in 2021.

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  8. TitusMay 5, 2021 at 6:36 PM

    I have seen pair of this bird since 3 years near my home. They spent night on a tall tree. Today A baby of this bird was found on the ground. As their nest has been damaged by tree branch cutting staff of electricity board yesterday.

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  9. Val JaySeptember 18, 2021 at 11:48 AM

    Sadly, this morning a beautiful Green Imperial Pigeon flew into our window and was killed instantly. This is the first one we have seen here in Imbulgoda (Gampaha District). I do hope our tree filled estate has more of these stunningly beautiful birds.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2022 at 3:48 PM

    Just observed one at Viharamahadevi park.

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