Pigeons, Doves

Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

The Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea) is a 352 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Pigeons, Doves

Order

Columbiformes

Weight

352 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

30

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Senegal, Uganda, Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana, Djibouti, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, eSwatini, Chad, Benin, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Cameroon, Mali, United Arab Emirates, Guinea-Bissau, S. Sudan, Niger, Eritrea, Burkina Faso, Zambia.

Where to see it: SIL Centre (Chad); Malakal POC, Upper Nile, SS (South Sudan); Mansoor Hotel (Somalia); Ambassador Hotel (Somalia); Gassi retreat centre (Chad).

Photo: (c) Todd Boland, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist