Common Green Pigeon

 Common Green Pigeon

In addition to the normal pigeon we happen to have another pigeon there.  Name Hariyal (Yellowgade Green Pigeon).  Size like a dove.  Males and females look alike.  Gray head.  The back is greenish yellow, the petals more yellow.  A light purple tinge near the shoulders.  The tips of the wings are black.  The tail is white with a reddish underparts.  Feet orange.  Beak gray and white on the front, slightly bulging.  Shrub and forest bird.  Village - not realized in the city.  A large number of trees grow in trees like Vad, Pipla, Pipal.  The sound is slow but sweet.  Teta khava dal can be rotated horizontally, vertically, upside down.  The color is such that it does not appear at all until it moves.  Rarely lands on the ground.

The name of the state bird of Maharashtra is Hariyal bird. It is called Yellow footed green pigeon in English, it is a very beautiful pigeon, which is green olive, Hariyal bird in high trees with tall trees, evergreen forests, deciduous forests.  Found, Hariyal birds often nest on peepal trees and banyan trees found on the roadside, often in small gardens built in cities.

Haril birds range in size from 29 centimeters to 33 centimeters and weigh between 225 grams to 260 grams, are a social animal and are found in flocks, their wingspan is 17 to 19 centimeters long.  Is, their body color is light yellowish green which is similar to the olive fruit, they have light blue brown hair on their head, their eyes are black with a red ring around them, green  The legs of the bird are bright yellow due to which they can be easily identified.

Treuron cyanicoptera is also known as the beautiful green pigeon (hariel) with yellow claw.  These days the green pigeons that depend on fruits remain the Okhla bird sanctuary of Dera Noida.  Nearly one hundred and fifty hundred pigeons are camping on the banyan tree located in the bird sanctuary.  Tourists from far and wide are coming to see the strange color of beautiful pigeons in Okhla Birds Vihar.  The urge to capture their beauty in their camera is attracting these tourists to Okhla bird sanctuary.  However, according to its color, it gets dissolved on the leaves of the giant banyan tree in such a way that it is not easy to see them.

 Hariyal is the state bird of Maharashtra.  Ranger GM Banerjee of Okhla Birds Vihar said that there are many different species and make fruits their diet.  The red colored fruit (sycamore) that grows on the banyan tree is their special diet.  Ranger told that this year a large number of birds have reached Okhla Bird Sanctuary.  An exception is the appearance of green pigeons in the Delhi-NCR region instead of blue pigeons.  Hariyals are seen sitting in tree twigs at dawn in dense forests.  These pigeons are projected to remain in the bird sanctuary until the end of March.

Ranger Banerjee told that Harial pigeons have come to lay safe eggs in Okhla Bird Sanctuary.  They lay eggs in January.  Between 21 and 25 days, eggs are hatched.  During this time the male pigeon feeds and makes other arrangements and is always near the nest.  At the same time, the female pigeon does not leave the nest.  By about two months or by March, these babies will be able to fly out of the nest.