Delegorgue's Pigeon
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Delegorgue's Pigeon

Columba delegorguei

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Murchison Falls National Park
1 Verified records at Murchison Falls National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The eastern bronze-naped pigeon (Columba delegorguei), also known as Delegorgue's pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is part of the Turturoena subgenus. The species is named after the collector, Adulphe Delegorgue. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Murchison Falls National Park

Speckled Pigeon
LC

Speckled Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Columba guinea

5–10% · With luck
African Lemon Dove

African Lemon Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Columba larvata

Insufficient data
Afep Pigeon
LC

Afep Pigeon

Bird

Columba unicincta

Insufficient data
Black-billed Wood-Dove
LC

Black-billed Wood-Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turtur abyssinicus

40–50% · Likely
Vinaceous Dove
LC

Vinaceous Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia vinacea

30–40% · Possible
African Mourning Dove
LC

African Mourning Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia decipiens

30–40% · Possible
Red-eyed Dove
LC

Red-eyed Dove

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Streptopelia semitorquata

30–40% · Possible
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
LC

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turtur afer

10–20% · With luck
Cape Turtle Dove
LC

Cape Turtle Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia capicola

10–20% · With luck
African Green Pigeon
LC

African Green Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Treron calvus

10–20% · With luck
LADO

LADO

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spilopelia senegalensis

10–20% · With luck
Tambourine Dove
LC

Tambourine Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turtur tympanistria

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Delegorgue's Pigeon at Murchison Falls National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
2 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
3 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
4 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
<5%
5 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
6 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
7 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
8 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
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