Speckled Pigeon

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When to see the Speckled Pigeon

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Speckled Pigeon

The map shades 37 countries with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Spain, Central African Republic, Malawi.

About the Speckled Pigeon

The speckled pigeon, 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.

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Easily confused with

African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrixThe adult male African olive pigeon is a large pigeon at 37 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in) in length and a weight of 300 to 450 g (11 to 16 oz). White-headed PigeonColumba leucomelaThe white-headed pigeon draws its name from its distinctive white head, neck, breast, and belly. Hill PigeonColumba rupestrisThe hill pigeon is a stout-bodied pigeon, similar in size and general appearance to the rock dove (Columba livia) but mainly differentiated by its tail pattern which consists of a broad, white tail-band across the black tail.

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