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Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) Dag Endresen, CC0

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 85, February 76, March 101, April 192, May 111, June 58, July 55, August 68, September 129, October 150, November 96, December 65.
South Africa1,186
Western Cape649
Kenya365
Ethiopia242
Tanzania179
Gauteng113
Eastern Cape93
KwaZulu-Natal88
Mpumalanga81
Oromia76

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPigeons and Doves · Columbiformes
FamilyPigeons and Doves · Columbidae
GenusTypical Old World Pigeons · Columba

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