Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rural gardens.

Females are of various green shades throughout, and males have a distinctive purple-grey patch over the wings.

EBird describes the bird as "A variable green-pigeon of subtropical and tropical lowland broadleaf evergreen forests.

Song a low, whistling poo-aa-poooo, rising and trilling at end, recalling a bamboo flute.

"[5] It inhabits subtropical broadleaved evergreen forest, cultivated fields where there are trees nearby, mainly lowlands and hills on small islands but is mainly a montane species on Taiwan, where it occurs up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).