African Green Pigeon

Treron calvus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Columbiformes
Family
Columbidae
Genus
Treron
eBird Code
afrgrp1

Subspecies (15)

  • Treron calvus ansorgei

    western Angola (south of Cuanza River)

  • Treron calvus brevicera

    southwestern Ethiopia to northern Tanzania east of Rift Valley (except for coast)

  • Treron calvus calvus

    eastern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Angola

  • Treron calvus delalandii

    coast from southeastern Tanzania southward to South Africa (Eastern Cape Province)

  • Treron calvus gibberifrons

    southeastern South Sudan southward to the Lake Victoria Basin in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

  • Treron calvus granti

    lowlands of eastern Tanzania and Zanzibar

  • Treron calvus nudirostris

    Senegal to Gambia and Guinea-Bissau

  • Treron calvus poensis

    Bioko Island (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Treron calvus salvadorii

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Tanzania, Zambia, northern Malawi, and Mozambique

  • Treron calvus schalowi

    eastern Angola, northeastern Namibia, northern Botswana, and northwestern Zimbabwe

  • Treron calvus sharpei

    Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria and northern Cameroon

  • Treron calvus uellensis

    South Sudan, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda

  • Treron calvus virescens

    Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea)

  • Treron calvus vylderi

    northwestern Namibia (east to Grootfontein)

  • Treron calvus wakefieldii

    coastal Kenya and northeastern Tanzania

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.