Lemon Dove

Columba larvata - Pigeon à masque blanc

Systematics

Order
:
Columbiformes
Family
:
Columbidés
Genus
:
Columba
Species
:
larvata

Descriptor

Temminck, 1809

Biometrics

Size
: 29 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 85 à 170 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Lemon Dove (Columba larvata) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

Columba larvata larvata (s Sudan and c, e Uganda to South Africa)
Columba larvata inornata (Sierra Leone to Cameroon and Gabon, Bioko and Pagalu Is.)
Columba larvata principalis (Príncipe I.)
Columba larvata simplex (São Tomé)
Columba larvata bronzina (se Sudan, Ethiopia)
Columba larvata jacksoni (e DRCongo and sw Uganda to w Tanzania)
Columba larvata samaliyae (Angola, s DRCongo and nw Zambia)

Foreign names

Pigeon à masque blanc,
Paloma caripálida,
rola-canela,
Zimttaube,
afrikai citromgalamb,
Kaneeltortel,
Tortora cannella,
citronduva,
Trolldue,
holub maľovaný,
holub narůžovělý,
Orangedue,
luumukyyhky,
Kaneelduifie,
colom carablanc africà,
gołąb cynamonowy,
Лимонная горлица,
レモンバト,
非洲鸽,
檸檬鳩,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest