Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta) - HBW 4, p. 116
French: Pigeon gris
German: Kongotaube
Spanish: Paloma del Congo
Other common names: Grey Woodpigeon
Taxonomy: Columba unicincta Cassin, 1860, Ogooué River, Gabon.
Part of the C. palumbus species-group also including C. bollii and C. trocaz, and probably C. junoniae. Monotypic.
Distribution: Liberia sparsely to Gabon, Congo and NW Angola, then E through Zaire to Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a leafless tree, sunning its wing Locality Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2006 6 years ago 54 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a leafless tree, showing comfort behaviour and flying away Locality Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2006 6 years ago 49 sec 3.4 -
high in a tree,left bird Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 24 September 2010 2 years ago 5 sec 2.5
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Adult perched
Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 15 July 2010 1 year ago 3.3
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