''Turturoena'', commonly called bronze-naped pigeon, is a
pigeon
Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with small heads, relatively short necks and slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. ...
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
comprising three
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
: the
eastern bronze-naped pigeon
The eastern bronze-naped pigeon (''Columba delegorguei''), also known as Delegorgue's pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, an ...
, the
western bronze-naped pigeon, and the
São Tomé bronze-naped pigeon.
References
Columba (genus)
Columbidae
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Animal subgenera
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