Eastern bronze-naped pigeon
| Eastern bronze-naped pigeon | |
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| A male, Dlinza Forest, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Columba |
| Subgenus: | Turturoena |
| Species: | C. delegorguei |
| Binomial name | |
| Columba delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847 | |
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The eastern bronze-naped pigeon (Columba delegorguei) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is part of the Turturoena subgenus.
C. d. delegorguei, male in front, female in the middle, and C. d. sharpei (behind)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Columba delegorguei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- (Delgorgue's pigeon = ) eastern bronze-naped pigeon - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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