Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
At a tourist lodge in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. March 2011.
Slightly larger than the domestic pigeon. The dark gray mantle is speckled with white. The reddish patch around they eye is conspicuous. A collar of reddish streaks can be made more conspicuous during social displays. Common in open areas of Kenya and much of Africa.
Columbidae -- Pigeon Family
Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe