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African Green Pigeon / Treron calvus LC
- Synonyms Green Fruit-Pigeon, African Fruit-Pigeon, Bare-faced Green Pigeon, Green Pigeon, African Green-Pigeon, Delalande's Green-Pigeon, Guinean Green Pigeon
- Old latin name for bird Treron calva, Treon calva, Columba calva
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Related species
Buru Green Pigeon
Flores Green Pigeon
Large Green Pigeon
White-bellied Green Pigeon
Little Green Pigeon
Yellow-vented Green Pigeon
Pemba Green Pigeon
Sumatran Green Pigeon
Where to see African Green Pigeon
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
African Green Pigeon subspecies (15)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treron calvus ansorgei | w Angola | - | No |
| Treron calvus brevicera | s Ethiopia to n Tanzania | - | No |
| Treron calvus calvus | e Nigeria to c Angola and e, s DR Congo | - | No |
| Treron calvus delalandii | se Tanzania to South Africa | - | No |
| Treron calvus gibberifrons | s Sudan to the Lake Victoria basin | - | No |
| Treron calvus granti | e Tanzania | - | No |
| Treron calvus nudirostris | Senegal to Guinea | - | No |
| Treron calvus poensis | Bioko I. (Gulf of Guinea) | - | No |
| Treron calvus salvadorii | se DR Congo to w Tanzania and Mozambique | - | No |
| Treron calvus schalowi | e Angola to ne Namibia, n Botswana and w Zimbabwe | - | No |
| Treron calvus sharpei | Sierra Leone to n Cameroon | - | No |
| Treron calvus uellensis | n DR Congo to s Sudan and sw Ethiopia | - | No |
| Treron calvus virescens | São Tomé and Príncipe Is. (Gulf of Guinea) | - | No |
| Treron calvus vylderi | nw Namibia | - | No |
| Treron calvus wakefieldii | coastal Kenya to ne Tanzania | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Papegaaiduif |
| Bengali | িঅচিকান চযয়ার |
| Catalan | colom verdós africà |
| Chinese | 非洲绿鸠 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 非洲綠鳩 |
| Croatian | afrička voćarica |
| Czech | holub africký |
| Danish | Papegøjedue, Østafrikansk papegøjedue |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Papegaaiduif |
| Esperanto | Afrika verda kolombo |
| Estonian | aafrika viigituvi |
| Finnish | afrikanviherkyyhky |
| French | Pigeon frugivore à face nue, Colombar de la Guinée, Pigeon vert à front nu, Colombar à front nu |
| German | Rotnasen-Grüntaube, Grüne Fruchttaube, Rotnasengrüntaube |
| Hungarian | afrikai lombgalamb |
| Icelandic | Grændúfa |
| Italian | Piccione verde africano |
| Japanese | アフリカアオバト |
| Lithuanian | afrikinis žaliasis karvelis |
| Maltese | beċċun aħdar Afrikan |
| Norwegian | afrikagrønndue |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Afrikagrøndue |
| Polish | treron krasnonosy |
| Portuguese | pombo-verde-africano |
| Russian | Африканский зеленый голубь, Африканский зелёный голубь |
| Serbian | Afrički zeleni golub |
| Shona | Huriti |
| Slovak | trerón figovníkový |
| Spanish | Vinago africano común, Vinago Africano |
| Swahili | Ninga |
| Swedish | afrikansk grönduva |
| Tsonga | Nghwamba |
| Tswana | Leebamoru |
| Turkish | Kırmızı Burunlu Yeşil Güvercin |
| Ukrainian | вінаго африканський |
| Xhosa | Intendekwane |
| Zulu | iJubantondo |