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Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon

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

Alternative name: Delegorgue's Pigeon

Columba delegorguei

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[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
  • C. d. delegorguei

[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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