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title: "African Green-Pigeon"
description: "Treron calvus — Birds. The African green pigeon (Treron calvus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, and one of 5 green pigeon species in the Afrotropics."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/african-green-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Green-Pigeon

> Treron calvus — Birds. The African green pigeon (Treron calvus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, and one of 5 green pigeon species in the Afrotropics.

- Scientific name: *Treron calvus*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 2219
- Wikidata: [Q512566](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512566)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3405](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3405)

## Names

- en: African Green-Pigeon
- de: Rotnasengrüntaube
- es: Vinago africano
- fr: Colombar à front nu
- nl: Afrikaanse papegaaiduif
- pt: Pombo-verde-africano
- pl: Treron krasnonosy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1101), UG (123), BW (109), TZ (91), KE (89), ZM (56), GH (55), ZW (44), GM (42), GA (39), NA (39), MW (38)

## Summary

The African green pigeon (Treron calvus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, and one of 5 green pigeon species in the Afrotropics. The species has a wide range in Sub-Saharan Africa with around 17 accepted races.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_green_pigeon

## Photo

![African Green-Pigeon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-green-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321976999

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-green-pigeon?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).