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 LC    Afep Pigeon* Id (Atlas):
    Columba unicincta

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Afep Pigeon, Grey Wood-Pigeon, Gray Wood-Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cassin, 1860

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Liberia sparsely to Gabon, Congo and north-western Angola, then east through Zaire to Uganda.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

 
Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta) [XC56571]
     by Josh Engel from Bobiri Butterfly Reserve, Ghana (call)

 
Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta) [XC508862]
     by Dries Van de Loock from Nyachisala Forest, Kakoma, Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
Part of the Common Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) species-group also including Dark-tailed Laurel-pigeon (Columba bollii) and Madeira Laurel-pigeon (Columba trocaz), and probably White-tailed Laurel-pigeon (Columba junoniae).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta) - 10 files


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