Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea) - HBW 4, p. 114
French: Pigeon roussard
German: Guineataube
Spanish: Paloma de Guinea
Other common names: Guinea/Hackled/Red-eyed Pigeon, African Rock-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba guinea Linnaeus, 1758, Senegal.
Related in some degree to both C. livia and C. albitorques. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- guinea Linnaeus, 1758 - Senegambia E to Ethiopia and NW Somalia, S to Uganda, W Kenya and S Tanzania and N Malawi.
- phaeonotus G. R. Gray, 1856 - SW Angola E to NE Zimbabwe and S to Cape Province (South Africa).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird perched on a rock Locality Senegambia Hotel, Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp guinea)
Dave Jackson 19 November 2006 4 years ago 12 sec 4.7 -
Two males displaying in front of a female. Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp guinea)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 6 years ago 56 sec 4.5 -
Two birds moving along a branch Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp guinea)
Keith Blomerley 11 April 2002 3 years ago 18 sec 4.4 -
looking around Locality Janjanbureh (Georgetown), Central River Division, The Gambia (ssp guinea)
Daniêl Jimenez 27 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 53 sec 4.2 -
A bird drinking at the edge of the lake Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp guinea)
Josep del Hoyo 18 December 2005 5 years ago 42 sec 4.1 -
A male running after a female. Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp guinea)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 6 years ago 20 sec 4.1
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An adult bird
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 September 1999 1 year ago 4.4 -
Picture made in Kombolcha - Amhara Region in Ethiopia
Locality Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 25 November 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
On the ground
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 3 February 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A portrait of a pigeon
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Libor Vaicenbacher 1 January 2009 2 years ago 4 -
On the ground
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 3 February 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Bird near a hospital
Locality Gambo Rural Hospital, Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 November 2009 1 year ago 3.7
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