Only a few hundred Timor green pigeons may remain. There is still time to save them

Mongabay
Aug 17, 2026, 7:10 am110 ptsTrending
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. On April 20, on the south coast of Timor-Leste, Jafet Potenzo Lopes saw three green pigeons. He had not seen the species for years. The birds were Timor green pigeons, and the…

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