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

Alternative name: Delegorgue's Pigeon

Columba delegorguei

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

Columba delegorguei has two subspecies:^[1]

• C. d. sharpei

• South-eastern Sudan to Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar

• C. d. delegorguei

• Malawi to eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique and eastern South Africa

[edit] Habitat

Forest canopy.

[edit] Behaviour

Shy and often found in pairs.

[edit] 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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. Birds of Kenya

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