Common breeding resident of forests and
well wooded home gardens and plantations of all climatic zones while rare in
higher hills and less common in drier areas. It feeds on various seeds, grains
and berries and spends mainly on ground solitary or in pairs. Emerald Dove
breeds all the year round but peak in February to March and possibly again in
September. The nest is placed in a small tree or bush in jungle usually not
very high from the ground where it lays two eggs.
