The Pompadour Green Pigeon is endemic to Sri Lanka. It eats fruit and seeds in rainforest and other wet woodland.
It is about 28 cm long. The head, tail, and underparts are bright green, with a gray crown, red legs, and a thin gray bill.
It uses rainforest and similar dense, wet woodland.
It eats seeds and fruits from a wide variety of plants. It builds a stick nest in a tree and lays two white eggs.
The male has a chestnut back. The female has a green back and lacks an orange breast patch.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.