- Treron calva
Identification
Grey green to yellow green upperparts, yellow thighs, mauve patches on the top of the wing, bills are red at the base white at the tip, red feet.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
Treron calvus has 17 subspecies:[1]
- T. c. nudirostris
- Senegal to Gambia and Guinea-Bissau
- T. c. sharpei
- Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria and northern Cameroon
- T. c. calvus
- T. c. poensis
- T. c. uellensis
- T. c. brevicerus
- T. c. salvadorii
- T. c. granviki
- T. c. wakefieldii
- T. c. granti
- T. c. orientalis
- Southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique
- T. c. schalowi
- T. c. chobiensis
- T. c. ansorgei
- Western Angola
- T. c. vylderi
- North-western Namibia
- T. c. damarensis
- T. c. delalandii
- Coastal Kenya to south-eastern South Africa
Habitat
Dense foliage in woodland, especially riverine and fig forest.
Behaviour
Arboreal.
The diet includes fruit, particularly figs.
The nest is a frail platform of coarse twigs and leaves. 1-2 eggs are laid and incubated for 13 days.
References
- 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.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) African Green Pigeon. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/African_Green_Pigeon