Little Green-Pigeon

Little Green-Pigeon

Treron olax

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

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Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary

In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%

615 Verified sightings at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary From 2019 to 2026
1,700 In all 6 parks
October Best month
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted

About the Little Green-Pigeon

The little green pigeon (Treron olax) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is smaller than other species in the genus Treron.

This pigeon is about 21–22 cm (8.3–8.7 in) long and they are sexually dimorphic with males having an orange neck patch shading into yellow on the underside and a maroon mantle which are absent on females which are largely olive green above and yellow on the underside. Like other green pigeons they are frugivorous and found in forested habitats. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:14

Malaysia · 2020

© Kim Chuah Lim · XC534594 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song1:01

Malaysia · 2017

© Peter Boesman · XC360103 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:20

Malaysia · 2008

© David Edwards · XC29978 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~40%
2 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~30%
3 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~20%
4 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
~20%
5 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
6 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 Malaysia
<5%
2 Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Little Green-Pigeon in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

Possible

About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Little Green-Pigeon sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, based on 615 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 40th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Little Green-Pigeon in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

October

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Little Green-Pigeon in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary on a given day, against about 20% in June and December–March, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Little Green-Pigeon?

Between midnight and 3 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little Green-Pigeon sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.

Is Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary the best place to see a Little Green-Pigeon?

2nd of 6

Of the 6 parks where we can rate Little Green-Pigeon sightings, Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary ranks 2nd at about 30%. The best odds are in Taman Negara National Park (Malaysia, about 40%).

Which relatives of the Little Green-Pigeon live in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?

Same genus: Treron

The closest relatives of the Little Green-Pigeon that you can see in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (genus Treron, Green-Pigeons) are Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (about 30%) and Cinnamon-headed Green-Pigeon (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Little Green-Pigeon sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Little Green-Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (615 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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