Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei)

Other Names (World)
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Bronze-naped Pigeon, Delegorgue's Pigeon, Crimson-winged Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
Delegorgue, 1847

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei) [XC452680]
by Rapha\u00ebl Nussbaumer from Vikongwa camp and general area, Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (song)

Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei) [XC510086]
by Peter Boesman from Magamba forest reserve, Tanga, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei), Western Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba iriditorques) and Sao Tome Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba malherbii) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include iriditorques and malherbii as subpecies of Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei).

Forms a superspecies with Western Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba iriditorques) and Sao Tome Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba malherbii), and all may be conspecific. They are sometimes placed in a subgenus Turturoena.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

sharpei (Salvadori, 1893) - South-eastern Sudan through Uganda and Kenya to Tanzania (including Zanzibar).
delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847 - Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Mt Gorongoza) to South Africa (Transkei and eastern Griqualand to Natal and western Zululand).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei) - 10 files

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