Delegorgue's Pigeon
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Delegorgue's Pigeon

Columba delegorguei

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Tsavo East National Park
3 Verified records at Tsavo East 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 Tsavo East 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

<5% · Rare
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
LC

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turtur chalcospilos

50–60% · Likely
Cape Turtle Dove
LC

Cape Turtle Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia capicola

40–50% · Likely
Red-eyed Dove
LC

Red-eyed Dove

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Streptopelia semitorquata

20–30% · Possible
LADO

LADO

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Spilopelia senegalensis

20–30% · Possible
Namaqua Dove
LC

Namaqua Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oena capensis

20–30% · Possible
Tambourine Dove
LC

Tambourine Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Turtur tympanistria

10–20% · With luck
African Mourning Dove
LC

African Mourning Dove

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Streptopelia decipiens

10–20% · With luck
African Green Pigeon
LC

African Green Pigeon

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Treron calvus

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Delegorgue's Pigeon at Tsavo East 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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