African Green-Pigeon

Adult African green pigeons have maroon patches on the top of their wings and the juveniles have an olive color. The upperparts are grayish-green to yellowish-green; the thighs are yellow; and the feet and bill are red with the bill having a white tip.

T. c. calvus: eastern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Angola T. c. virescens: Principe Island (Gulf of Guinea) T. c. sharpei: Sierra Leone to south Nigeria and north Cameroon T. c. nudirostris: Senegal to Gambia and Guinea-Bissau T. c. poensis: Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea) T. c. uellensis: South Sudan, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda T. c. brevicera: Southwest Ethiopia to north Tanzania east of Rift Valley (except for coast) T. c. salvadorii: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Tanzania, Zambia, northern Malawi, and Mozambique T. c. wakefieldii: coastal Kenya and northeastern Tanzania T. c. schalowi: eastern Angola, northeastern Namibia, northern Botswana, and northwestern Zimbabwe T. c. ansorgei: West Angola (south of Cuanza River) T. c. vylderi: Northwest Namibia (east to Grootfontein) T. c. gibberifrons: southeastern South Sudan south to the Lake Victoria Basin in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania T. c. …

They may occur and breed in high densities but are prone to regular local movements. Their range includes Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.