White-collared Pigeon

White-collared Pigeon
In Ethiopia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Columba
Species:	C. albitorques
Binomial name
Columba albitorques Rüppell, 1837

The White-collared Pigeon (Columba albitorques) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

The species is endemic to the Ethiopian highlands in Eritrea and Ethiopia. It occupies countryside surrounding rocky cliffs and gorges. Also common in town centres^[1]

Description

32 centimetres (13 in) long. This large grey-brown pigeon has an obvious white hindcollar contrasting with a dark slate head. In flight it shows prominent white wing patches formed by white inner primary coverts.

Works cited

• BirdLife International 2009. Columba albitorques. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 April 2010.
• Sinclair, Ian; Ryan, Peter (2003). Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Cape Town: Struik. 

References

1. ^ Sinclair & Ryan 2003, p. 202

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