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 LC    African Green-pigeon* Id (Atlas):
    Treron calvus

Description (10)
Image of African Green-pigeon
 

Other Scientific Names
Treron calva [BirdLife International (2004)], Treron calva [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
African Green-Pigeon, Green Fruit-pigeon, African Fruit-pigeon, African Green Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1808)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sâo Tomé e Principe (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Mauritania.

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 (30)...)

 
African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus) [XC252642]
     by Lynette Rudman from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)

 
African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus) [XC744034]
     by id from 12 Willeton Road (near Makhanda), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Madagascar Green-pigeon (Treron australis), African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus), Sao Tome Green-pigeon (Treron sanctithomae) and Pemba Green-pigeon (Treron pembaensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include calvus, sanctithomae and pembaensis as subspecies of Madagascar Green-pigeon (Treron australis). Gender agreement of African Green-pigeon (Treron calvus) follows David and Gosselin (2002b).

With the exception of the more distinct Bruce's Green-pigeon (Treron waalia), the green-pigeons of African mainland and islands form a closely related group, within which species limits have been much debated. Present species of mainland Africa has often been considered conspecific with Madagascar Green-pigeon (Treron australis) of Madagascar. However, based on differences in cere colour and on geographical separation of forms, it seems most appropriate to consider present species as forming a superspecies with Madagascar Green-pigeon (Treron australis), Pemba Green-pigeon (Treron pembaensis) and Sao Tome Green-pigeon (Treron sanctithomae). Subspecies delalandii has sometimes been considered a separate species, but intergrades with other subspecies occur. Present species rather variable. Further study will probably reduce the number of valid subspecies.

The following 19 subspecies are recognised:

  • nudirostris (Swainson, 1837)   -  Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau.
  • sharpei (Reichenow, 1902)   -  Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria and northern Cameroon.
  • calvus (Temminck, 1808)   -  Eastern Nigeria (R Cross) east to north-eastern Zaire (Ituri region) and south to central Angola; Príncipe I.
  • poensis Hartert & Goodson, 1918   -  Bioco (Fernando Póo).
  • uellensis (Reichenow, 1912)   -  Northern Zaire (R Uelle) east to southern Sudan and Uganda.
  • brevicera Hartert & Goodson, 1918   -  South-western Ethiopia south to northern Tanzania, east of Rift Valley (except coastal regions).
  • salvadorii (Dubois, AJC, 1897)   -  Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi south to eastern Zaire.
  • granviki Grote, 1924   -  Western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.
  • wakefieldii Sharpe, 1874   -  Coastal regions of Kenya and north-western Tanzania, including Usambara Mts.
  • granti (van Someren, 1919)   -  Lowland eastern Tanzania and Zanzibar.
  • orientalis (Gunning and Roberts, 1911)   -  Southern Tanzania, Mozambique and lower Zambezi Valley.
  • schalowi Reichenow, 1880   -  Southern Zaire (Katanga) and Zambia south to region of Victoria Falls.
  • chobiensis (Roberts, 1932)   -  South-western Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.
  • ansorgei Hartert & Goodson, 1918   -  Southern Angola.
  • vylderi Gyldenstolpe, 1924   -  North-western Namibia.
  • damarensis (Reichenow, 1901)   -  North-eastern Namibia and north-western Botswana.
  • delalandii (Bonaparte, 1854)   -  Coast from Kenya (Mombasa) to South Africa (eastern Cape Province). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Grey-breasted Green-pigeon (Treron delalandii).
  • virescens Amadon, 1953   -  Principe Island (Gulf of Guinea).
  • gibberifrons (Madarász, 1915)   -  South-eastern South Sudan south to the Lake Victoria Basin in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, and north-western Tanzania.



References
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