The Madagascar Green Pigeon is an arboreal pigeon found in forests of Madagascar. It feeds on fruit.
Its plumage is mainly green.
The Masoala Peninsula household survey estimated mean Madagascar Green Pigeon catch at 0.83 birds per household per year (SD 4.31); 21.9% of households reported eating the species in the previous year. Table 1 also gives a mean flavor ranking of 15.7 (SD 13.71) and a 2.7% prevalence of taboos against eating it.
Household interviews ran from 2015 to 2021, alongside bird transect surveys from 2015 to 2022. Across 188 km of transects, 82 observations yielded an estimated density of 0.19 birds per hectare. The paper estimated an annual meat contribution of 195 g per household and identified Madagascar Green Pigeon among three species of concern in its local population viability analysis. Table 1 lists it as Least Concern.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
A population model for the Masoala Peninsula projected a 53.5% decline in Madagascar Green Pigeon over the model’s 25-year period. The authors said the local projection may warrant considering Near Threatened status.