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Vagrant to Mauritania.

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.

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