Eastern bronze-naped pigeon

Eastern bronze-naped pigeon
	A male, Dlinza Forest, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Columba
Species:	C. delegorguei
Binomial name
	Columba delegorguei; Delegorgue, 1847
Synonyms
	Turturoenas delegorguei; Turturoenas sharpei;

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. The species is named after the collector, Adulphe Delegorgue.

C. d. delegorguei, male in front, female in the middle, and C. d. sharpei (behind)

References

(Delgorgue's pigeon = ) eastern bronze-naped pigeon - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon in South Africa - Birds in Reserves ProjectError: "Q1106412" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

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