Western bronze-naped pigeon

Western bronze-naped pigeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
Subgenus: Turturoena
Species: C. iriditorques
Binomial name
Columba iriditorques
Cassin, 1856

The western bronze-naped pigeon (Columba iriditorques) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. It is part of the Turturoena subgenus.

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