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COLUMBIDAE - PIGEONS and DOVES
African Green-Pigeon (Treron calva)
Sex; alike. Age; adult. Subspecies; possible schalowi. Udzungwa Mts, July 2007. Copyright@; Louis A. Hansen. Feet and legs are red, green tail and underparts "relatively" yellow, this should indicate the mentioned subspecies, however, not entirely sure. Poor photo - yes, but the photo does give some information to the bird watcher, like; overall a compact bird, short wings, bird moves very fast - often you just hear them pass by before you have a change to get them in to focus with your binoculars.
African Green-Pigeon (Treron calva)
Sex; alike. Age; adult. Subspecies; possible schalowi. Udzungwa Mts, July 2007. Copyright@; Louis A. Hansen. Feet and legs are red, green tail and underparts "relatively" yellow, this should indicate the mentioned subspecies, however, not entirely sure. Poor photo - yes, but the photo does give some information to the bird watcher, like; overall a compact bird - often you just hear them pass by before you have a change to get them in to focus with your binoculars. The birds came to roost in a riverine tree. The first couple of days only a few then increasing to at least 14 individuals - they were singing too - a very pleasant song, but often difficult to hear - as the song is very low pitched. Song resembles the song I have heard in India from other species in this complex of "green-fruit-pigeon." The seems to have chosen this particular stand of high tree as the sun’s rays left this spot as the last place (they turned their backs towards the sun – possible to absorb a little heat before the night). They left the roost early in the mornings.
Lemon Dove (Columba larvata)
Adult male - sexed by e.g. the very white forehead. Sometimes the genus Aplopelia is used for this small size ground dwelling dove. Nyumbanitu Forest, Udzungwa Mts. January 2003. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Lemon Dove (Columba larvata)
Adult male - sexed by e.g. the very white forehead. Sometimes the genus Aplopelia is used for this small size ground dwelling dove. Nyumbanitu Forest, Udzungwa Mts. January 2003. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Lemon Dove (Columba larvata)
Adult male - sexed by e.g. the very white forehead. Sometimes the genus Aplopelia is used for this small size ground dwelling dove. Ndundulu Forest, Udzungwa Mts. February 2007. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Lemon Dove (Columba larvata)
Immature - no white on forehead. Sometimes the genus Aplopelia is used for this small size ground dwelling dove. Nyumbanitu Forest, Udzungwa Mts. March 2003. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Lemon Dove (Columba larvata)
Adult. Dull cinnamon lower neck in contrast to dove-grey upper back and nape. Otherwise uniform brownish upperparts. Sometimes the genus Aplopelia is used for this small size ground dwelling dove. Ndundulu Forest, Udzungwa Mts. February 2007. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Lemon Dove (Columba larvata)
Juvenile. Rather scaly appearance. Sometimes the genus Aplopelia is used for this small size ground dwelling dove. Ndundulu Forest, Udzungwa Mts. February 2007. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Lemon Dove (Columba larvata)
Juvenile. Rather scaly appearance - feathers are tipped orange-ochre. Sometimes the genus Aplopelia is used for this small size ground dwelling dove. Ndundulu Forest, Udzungwa Mts. February 2007. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
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