African Green Pigeon

Treron calvus - Colombar à front nu

Systematics

Order
:
Columbiformes
Family
:
Columbidés
Genus
:
Treron
Species
:
calvus

Descriptor

Temminck, 1811

Biometrics

Size
: 30 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 130 à 285 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

African Green Pigeon (Treron calvus) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Subspecific information 15 subspecies

Treron calvus calvus (e Nigeria to c Angola and e and s DRCongo)
Treron calvus nudirostris (Senegal to Guinea)
Treron calvus sharpei (Sierra Leone to n Cameroon)
Treron calvus poensis (Bioko I.. Gulf of Guinea.)
Treron calvus virescens (São Tomé and Príncipe Is.. Gulf of Guinea.)
Treron calvus uellensis (n DRCongo to s Sudan and sw Ethiopia)
Treron calvus gibberifrons (s Sudan to the Lake Victoria basin)
Treron calvus brevicera (s Ethiopia to n Tanzania)
Treron calvus wakefieldii (coastal Kenya to ne Tanzania)
Treron calvus granti (e Tanzania)
Treron calvus salvadorii (se DRCongo to w Tanzania and Mozambique)
Treron calvus ansorgei (w Angola)
Treron calvus schalowi (e Angola to ne Namibia, n Botswana and w Zimbabwe)
Treron calvus vylderi (nw Namibia)
Treron calvus delalandii (se Tanzania to South Africa)

Foreign names

Colombar à front nu,
Vinago africano común,
pombo-verde-africano,
Rotnasen-Grüntaube,
afrikai lombgalamb,
Afrikaanse Papegaaiduif,
Piccione verde africano,
afrikansk grönduva,
Afrikagrønndue,
trerón figovníkový,
holub africký,
Papegøjedue,
afrikanviherkyyhky,
Papegaaiduif,
colom verdós africà,
treron krasnonosy,
Африканский зеленый голубь,
アフリカアオバト,
非洲绿鸠,
afrikansk grönduva,
非洲綠鳩,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Pigeons and Doves, David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes and John Cox
Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest