Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
White-collared Pigeon (Columba albitorques) - HBW 4, p. 114
French: Pigeon à collier blanc
German: Weißringtaube
Spanish: Paloma Etíope
Other common names: Abyssinian (Ethiopian) Rock-pigeon
Taxonomy: Columba albitorques Rüppell, 1837, Taranta Mountains, Ethiopia.
Related in some degree to both C. livia and C. guinea. Monotypic.
Distribution: Highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Three birds on the ground, one showing dominance. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 7 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
one perched on what appears to be a regular rock, flies Locality Sululta Plains, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 23 October 2010 2 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A male performing courtship display in front of a female Locality Gefersa Reservoir, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 7 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Several birds on a wooden structure Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 7 years ago 35 sec 4.1 -
A bird feeding on the ground. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 7 years ago 26 sec 4 -
Two birds on the ground, one feeding, the other scratching its head. Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 November 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 3.6
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A bird endemic to Abyssinian highlands
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Piotr Jonczyk 14 November 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
Foraging on the ground in the rain.
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 20 January 2009 17 weeks ago 4.2 -
On a rock
Locality Jemmu Valley, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 17 February 2010 2 years ago 3.9 -
Nesting under the church's roof
Locality Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 29 December 2008 1 year ago 3.9 -
Two birds not far from Addis Abeba
Locality Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 14 December 2008 4 years ago 3.9 -
A confident endemic bird, common around Addis Abeba
Locality Ethiopia
raniero massoli-novelli 1 December 1998 2 years ago 3.7
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