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Speckled Pigeon

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Speckled Pigeon

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Also known as Columba guinea

species of bird

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Within Vinony's link graph, Speckled Pigeon is referenced by 91 other articles, and connects out to Columbidae, binomial nomenclature and Africa.

It sits within the topics Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Birds described in 1758 and Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

via IUCN

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Columba
Mass
328
Image
Columba guinea 2.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
Commons category
Columba guinea
taxon name
Columba guinea
Commons gallery
Columba guinea
taxon common name
crvenolici golub
litter size
2
diel cycle
diurnality
short name
C. guinea
taxon range
Burkina Faso
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Encyclopedic overview

The speckled pigeon (Columba guinea), also known as the African rock pigeon or Guinea pigeon, is a pigeon that is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara. It is a common and widespread species in open habitats over much of its range, although there are sizable gaps in its distribution.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Speckled Pigeon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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