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Photo by megan perkins
Castle Forest Lodge, Mt Kenya, Kenya

Alternative name: Delegorgue's Pigeon

Columba delegorguei

Identification

Distribution

Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Taxonomy

Columba delegorguei has two subspecies:[1]

  • C. d. sharpei
  • C. d. delegorguei

Habitat

Forest canopy.

Behaviour

Shy and often found in pairs.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Birds of Kenya

External Links

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