African green pigeon

Appearance

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.

Distribution

*"T. c. calvus": eastern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Angola
⤷ "T. c. virescens": Principe Island
⤷ "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
⤷ "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
⤷ "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
⤷ "T. c. vylderi": Northwest Namibia
⤷ "T. c. gibberifrons": southeastern South Sudan south to the Lake Victoria Basin in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
⤷ "T. c. [delalandii, glaucus or orientalis]": coast from southeastern Tanzania south to South Africa
⤷ "T. c. granti": Lowlands of east Tanzania and Zanzibar

Defense

They nest in a tree fork that offers an adequate vantage point of their surrounds. The nest is a weak platform of sticks, collected by the male and arranged by the female. Nesting may take place in any month of the year, though mostly in summer. 1–2 eggs are laid that hatch in 13–14 days. Chicks leave the nest at about 12 days.