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Where to see the African Green Pigeon in South Africa

Hosts have recorded the African Green Pigeon at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve and Phinda Private Game Reserve.

Treron calvus

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African Green Pigeon
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When and where to find the African Green Pigeon

Hosts have recorded the African Green Pigeon at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve and Phinda Private Game Reserve.

Best hours of the day

  • The first hours after sunrise, and late afternoon. Birds call and feed most in the cool.
  • Midday. Quieter, especially in summer heat.

Where to base yourself

  • Limpopo

    Limpopo

    Kruger · Timbavati

    Self-driveGuided drives
    Stays in Limpopo
    Limpopo
  • KwaZulu-Natal

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Phinda · Hluhluwe-Imfolozi · iSimangaliso Wetland

    Guided drives
    Stays in KwaZulu-Natal
    KwaZulu-Natal
  • Mpumalanga

    Mpumalanga

    Sabi Sand

    Guided drives
    Stays in Mpumalanga
    Mpumalanga

Ways to look

Drive yourself

Your own vehicle and pace, on the park's roads.

Where hosts record it

Kruger

Guided drives from a lodge

A guide who knows where to look, with off-road and night drives in the private reserves.

Where hosts record it

Sabi SandPhindaTimbavati

Species

Treron calvus

Records

1,052

iNaturalist observations

Every booking on Spekboom supports conservation.

Questions travellers ask

A record means a host has seen the African Green Pigeon on the property or nearby. It is never a guarantee of a sighting.

Which parks and reserves are best for the African Green Pigeon in South Africa?

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the African Green Pigeon at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Phinda Private Game Reserve, Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park and iSimangaliso Wetland Park. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

Where can you see the African Green Pigeon in South Africa?

The African Green Pigeon is most recorded in Mpumalanga (37% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (24% of records), Limpopo (17% of records), based on 1,052 iNaturalist observations. 34 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the African Green Pigeon on site or nearby.

When is the best time to see the African Green Pigeon?

The African Green Pigeon is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Sabi Sand Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep optimal; Phinda Private Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep; Timbavati Private Nature Reserve: May-Sep, dry season. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

What is the African Green Pigeon?

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.

Stays that give back

Where to stay for a chance to see the African Green Pigeon

Every stay on the African Green Pigeon page lists the species its host has recorded on or near the property. A record is a sighting, never a promise.

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