Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
About the Afep Pigeon
The afep pigeon (Columba unicincta), also known as the African woodpigeon or grey woodpigeon, is a member of the family Columbidae, native to the African tropical rainforest from Sierra Leone east to Uganda. The afep pigeon was described by the American ornithologist John Cassin in 1860 from a specimen collected in West Africa from the Ogooué River, Gabon. He coined the binomial name Columba unicincta. The specific epithet combines the Latin uni- "one-" and cinctus "banded". The English name "afep" is the word for a pigeon in the Bulu language of Cameroon. The species is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 18 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Gabon, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbusrecording
- Nilgiri Wood PigeonColumba elphinstoniirecording
- Rock DoveColumba liviarecording
- Stock DoveColumba oenasrecording
- White-headed PigeonColumba leucomelarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.