Lemon Dove

Aplopelia larvata

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Aplopelia
eBird Code
lemdov2

Subspecies (7)

  • Aplopelia larvata bronzina

    Eritrea, Ethiopia, and southeastern South Sudan (Boma Hills)

  • Aplopelia larvata inornata

    Sierra Leone to Liberia, southeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon; Bioko

  • Aplopelia larvata jacksoni

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern Uganda to western Tanzania

  • Aplopelia larvata larvata

    southern Sudan and central and eastern Uganda to South Africa

  • Aplopelia larvata principalis

    Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Aplopelia larvata samaliyae

    Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern Zambia

  • Aplopelia larvata simplex

    São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.