The vets can't explain the appearance in Moscow of the green dove

The last three days, the Network appeared the news of a green pigeon in the suburbs.

For example, a portal Gismeteo says:

Earlier in social networks there was video green pigeon, shot by eyewitnesses on the North-East of Moscow. Veterinarians believe the color of a dove in the video is unnatural, reports the Agency "Moscow". As noted in the Committee in Moscow and Moscow region is not inhabited by species of birds with green plumage.

Many birds change color during life, which is associated with age-related molt, also the color changes during its seasonal molts — when mottled summer plumage replacing the white winter and Vice versa. However, capital is not inhabited by the species colour of plumage which changes to green. The color of the plumage is also not may vary depending on where they live — in an urban environment or the city.

However, despite the fact that in Moscow it is impossible to meet the green pigeon in its natural habitat in other regions of Russia — you can! In the Kuril Islands, Primorye and South Sakhalin lives of Japanese green pigeon (Treron sieboldii). This cautious and poorly known bird listed in the Red book of the Russian Federation, Primorsky Krai and Sakhalin region. It is the only representative of the kind of green pigeons (Terron) in the fauna of Russia. Other species found in Africa, Madagascar, Southeast and South Asia and the far East.

The only proof is the video posted in the article. It came from the group Vkontakte Mash | Mash, and was published Jun 17, 2019 at 15:45.

Opinions on the colour of the bird was divided, as in Japanese green pigeon (Treron sieboldii) he does not like, it vyskazany two assumptions that he painted in the video editor or green paint/food coloring.

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