Treron calvus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
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.
Adult African green pigeons have maroon patches on the top of their wings and the juveniles have an olive color. The upperparts are grayish-green to yellowish-green; the thighs are yellow; and the feet and bill are red with the bill having a white tip.
T. c. calvus: eastern Nigeria to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Angola T. c. sharpei: Sierra Leone to south Nigeria and north Cameroon T. c. uellensis: South Sudan, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda
T. c. brevicera: Southwest Ethiopia to north Tanzania east of Rift Valley (except for coast) T. c. salvadorii: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Tanzania, Zambia, northern Malawi, and Mozambique Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 3 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Lagos | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 5 | Lomé | 🇹🇬 Togo | |
| 6 | Serrekunda | 🇬🇲 Gambia | |
| 7 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Nairobi | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 10 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Green Pigeon sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 187 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 129th most-seen of the 351 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, August and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an African Green Pigeon in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–April, June–July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Green Pigeon sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
14th of 39
Of the 39 parks where we can rate African Green Pigeon sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 14th at about 10%. The best odds are in Semuliki National Park (Uganda, about 50%), Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 40%) and Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Columbidae
The closest relatives of the African Green Pigeon that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Columbidae, Pigeons and Doves) are Red-eyed Dove (about 40%), Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (about 20%) and Tambourine Dove (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Green Pigeon is recorded against all the birds logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (187 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
