Stats

Lifespan

6-15 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Tropical savanna

Range

Sub-Saharan Africa

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Uncommon

About

The Speckled Pigeon is Africa's answer to the feral rock pigeon, colonising rocky outcrops and city buildings across sub-Saharan Africa. It is instantly recognised by its vivid bare red orbital ring and neat rows of white spots on iridescent bronze-brown wing coverts.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae

Genus

Columba

Species

Columba guinea