Dove, African Mourning 


African Mourning Dove (aka Mourning Collared-Dove)
Streptopelia decipiens shelleyi

The Gambia - November 2018

The African Mourning Dove is found in Sub-Saharan Africa.  There are six subspecies of African Mourning Dove.  The range of the subspecies shown here extends from Mauritania and Senegambia on the west to southern Niger and central Nigeria on the east.  The video framegrabs shown here are from recordings made in The Gambia during November 2018 - video link.




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