Treron formosae [permagnus or medioximus] (Whistling Green Pigeon (Ryukyu))

Whistling Green Pigeon (Ryukyu)

Treron formosae [permagnus or medioximus] (= Treron formosae permagnus) Stejneger, LH 1887

The Ryukyu green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Taiwan green pigeon, but phylogenetic evidence indicates that both are distinct species, and it has thus been split by the IUCN Red List, BirdLife International, and the International Ornithologists' Union. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
   Treron
Scientific:
  Treron formosae permagnus

Original description

Citation:
Stejneger, LH 1887

Reference:
Proc. U.S. Ntnl. Mus. 9, no.597 p.637

Protonym:
Treron permagna

Type locality:
Napa, Okinawa Island, Riu ICiu Islands.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32555#page/651/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
1EE907AC088D0B85

Avibase ID:
avibase-1EE907AC

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/1EE907AC

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 677461

English:
Whistling Green Pigeon [permagnus or medioximus]
Afrikaans:
Fluitpapegaaiduif (Ryukyu-)
Azerbaijani:
Tayvan yaşıl göyərçini (permagnus/medioximus yarımnövü)
Bulgarian:
Тайвански зелен плодояден гълъб (ssp. permagnus/medioximus)
Catalan:
colom verdós de Taiwan (permagnus/medioximus)
Czech:
holub tchajwanský (ssp. permagnus/medioximus)
Danish:
Taiwan Papegøjedue (Ryukyu)
German:
Formosagrüntaube (permagnus/medioximus)
Spanish:
Vinago de Formosa (Ryukyu)
Spanish (Spain):
Vinago de Formosa (Ryukyu)
Finnish:
taiwaninviherkyyhky (permagnus/medioximus)
French:
Colombar de Formose [permagnus ou medioximus]
Croatian:
tajvanska voćarica (permagus/medioximus)
Icelandic:
Blísturdúfa (permagnus/medioximus)
Japanese (romaji):
zuakaaobato (permagnus/medioximus)
Japanese:
ズアカアオバト（亜種ズアカアオバト）
Dutch:
Ryukyupapegaaiduif
Norwegian:
taiwangrønndue (permagnus/medioximus)
Polish:
treron złotogłowy (permagnus/medioximus)
Portuguese (Portugal):
pombo-verde-assobiador (permagnus/medioximus)
Russian:
Тайваньский зелёный голубь (permagnus/medioximus)
Slovak:
trerón okinavský (skup.)
Serbian:
Zeleni golub zviždač (sa Rjukju)
Swedish:
taiwangrönduva (permagnus/medioximus)
Turkish:
Formosa yeşil güvercini (permagnus/medioximus)
Ukrainian:
Вінаго тайванський (підвид permagnus/medioximus)
Chinese:
红顶绿鸠（琉球）
Chinese (Traditional):
紅頭綠鳩(permagnus/medioximus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Whistling Green Pigeon [permagnus or medioximus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or medioximus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Whistling Green Pigeon [permagnus or medioximus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or medioximus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Whistling Green-Pigeon [permagnus or mediomixus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or mediomixus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Whistling Green-Pigeon [permagnus or mediomixus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or mediomixus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Whistling Green-Pigeon [permagnus or mediomixus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or mediomixus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Whistling Green-Pigeon [permagnus or mediomixus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or mediomixus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Whistling Green-Pigeon [permagnus or mediomixus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or mediomixus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Whistling Green-Pigeon [permagnus or mediomixus] ( Treron formosae [permagnus or mediomixus])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus)
eBird version 2015: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu) ( Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Ryukyu Green-pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Ryukyu Green Pigeon ( Treron permagnus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Treron formosae

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Fluitpapegaaiduif (Ryukyu-)
Azerbaijani: Tayvan yaşıl göyərçini (permagnus/medioximus yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Тайвански зелен плодояден гълъб (ssp. permagnus/medioximus)
Catalan: Colom verdós de les illes Ryukyu, colom verdós de Taiwan (permagnus/medioximus)
Czech: holub rjúkjúský, holub tchajwanský (ssp. permagnus/medioximus)
Danish: Nordryukyu-papegøjedue, Taiwan Papegøjedue (Ryukyu)
German: Formosagrüntaube (permagnus/medioximus), Riukiu-Grüntaube
English: Ryukyu Green Pigeon, Ryukyu Green-pigeon, Whistling Green Pigeon (Ryukyu), Whistling Green Pigeon [permagnus or medioximus], Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu), Whistling Green-Pigeon [permagnus or mediomixus]
[ENAV]: Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu)
English, HBW: Ryukyu Green-pigeon
[ENHK]: Ryukyu Green Pigeon
English (IOC): Ryukyu Green Pigeon, Whistling Green Pigeon (Ryukyu)
English (Kenya): Whistling Green Pigeon (Ryukyu)
English (United States): Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu)
Esperanto: rjukjua verdakolombo
Spanish: Vinago de Formosa (Ryukyu), Vinago de Ryukyu
Spanish (Spain): Vinago de Formosa (Ryukyu)
Spanish (HBW): Whistling Green-Pigeon (Ryukyu)
Finnish: taiwaninviherkyyhky (permagnus/medioximus)
French: Colombar de Formose [permagnus or mediomixus], Colombar de Formose [permagnus ou mediomixus], Colombar de Formose [permagnus ou medioximus], Colombar des Ryu Kyu, Colombar des Ryukyu
French (Guyane): Colombar de Formose (permagnus/medioximus)
Croatian: riukiuška voćarica, tajvanska voćarica (permagus/medioximus)
Icelandic: Blísturdúfa (permagnus/medioximus)
Japanese (romaji): Ryukyu-zuaka-aobato, zuakaaobato (permagnus/medioximus)
Japanese: ズアカアオバト, ズアカアオバト (permagnus/medioximus), ズアカアオバト（亜種ズアカアオバト）
Scientific: Treron formosae [permagnus or mediomixus], Treron formosae [permagnus or medioximus], Treron formosae permagnus, Treron formosae permagnus/medioximus, Treron permagna, Treron permagnus
Dutch: Ryukyupapegaaiduif, Taiwanpapegaaiduif (permagnus/medioximus)
Norwegian: ryukyugrønndue, taiwangrønndue (permagnus/medioximus)
Polish: treron zielonogłowy, treron złotogłowy (permagnus/medioximus)
Portuguese: pombo-verde-das-léquias
Portuguese (Portugal): pombo-verde-assobiador (permagnus/medioximus), pombo-verde-das-ryukyu
Russian: Тайваньский зелёный голубь (permagnus/medioximus)
Slovak: trerón okinavský, trerón okinavský (skup.)
Serbian: Zeleni golub zviždač (sa Rjukju)
Swedish: ryukyugrönduva, taiwangrönduva (permagnus/medioximus)
Turkish: Formosa yeşil güvercini (permagnus/medioximus)
Ukrainian: Вінаго тайванський (підвид permagnus/medioximus)
Chinese: 琉球绿鸠, 紅頭綠鳩(琉球), 红顶绿鸠（琉球）
[ZHHK]: 紅頂綠鳩 (permagnus/medioximus)
Chinese (Traditional): 紅頭綠鳩(permagnus/medioximus), 紅頭綠鳩(琉球)