African Green Pigeon
The African green pigeon (Treron calvus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, and one of 5 green pigeon species in the Afrotropics. The species has a wide range in Sub-Saharan Africa with around 17 accepted races. == Description and subspecies == 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…
Virunga National Park
Uganda
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Rwenzori Mountains pierce the equatorial sky and volcanic slopes descend toward the Congo Basin, one of Africa’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLake Mburo National Park
Uganda
+124 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks across a mosaic of acacia woodland, papyrus swamps, and open grassland where Uganda’s southwestern savanna meets the edge […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKToro-Semliki Proposed National Park
Uganda
+40 birds+9 mammals
Where the Albertine Rift’s escarpment rises dramatically above the equatorial lowlands, a spectacular mosaic of ecosystems unfolds across nearly 1,800 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMabamba Swamp
Memere, Uganda
150+ birds
Where papyrus stands shoulder-high and water mirrors an infinite sky, one of Africa’s most biodiverse wetland systems unfolds across 283 […]
VIEW NATURE RESERVEKruger National Park
Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, South Africa
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Limpopo River forms a natural frontier, vast savannas sweep across nearly 20,000 square kilometers of pristine African wilderness. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKIthala Game Reserve
uPhongolo Local Municipality, South Africa
+133 birds+29 mammals
Where granite ridges thrust upward through acacia woodland, the landscape shifts between intimate valleys and sweeping grasslands across nearly 500 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKZiwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
Nakasongola, Uganda
+131 birds+17 mammals
Where papyrus wetlands merge into sprawling savanna, Uganda’s central landscape opens into one of East Africa’s most vital rhino recovery […]
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYNkasa Rupara National Park
Namibia
+106 birds+28 mammals
Where the Okavango Delta’s papyrus-choked waterways spill into northern Namibia’s borderlands, a landscape of startling contrasts emerges. Sprawling across 518 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBwabwata National Park
Namibia
150+ birds+23 mammals
Where the Kavango and Zambezi rivers converge across northeastern Namibia, a vast wilderness of 14,249 square kilometres unfolds in layers […]
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