This green pigeon lives in the Western Ghats of southwestern India. The male has a chestnut back, while the female's back is green.
The head, tail, and underparts are green, with a gray crown. Males have a chestnut back; females have a green back and lack the orange breast patch.
It inhabits rainforest and dense wet woodland, builds a stick nest in a tree, and eats seeds and fruits from a wide variety of plants.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.