{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = White-collared pigeon | image = Columba albitorques.jpg | image_caption = In Ethiopia | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Columba albitorques'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T22690084A93260800 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690084A93260800.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Columba | species = albitorques | authority = Rüppell, 1837 | synonyms = }}

The '''white-collared pigeon''' ('''''Columba albitorques''''') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

The species is endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands in Eritrea and Ethiopia. It occupies countryside surrounding rocky cliffs and gorgesand is also common in town centres.<ref name="ALN2019">{{cite book |last1=Aerts |first1=R. |last2=Lerouge |first2=F. |last3=November |first3=E. |title=Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District |date=2019 |publisher=SpringerNature |isbn=978-3-030-04954-6 |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030049546}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Sinclair|Ryan|2003|p=202}}</ref>

The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | year=2020 | title=Pigeons | work=IOC World Bird List Version 10.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/pigeons/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=1 March 2020 }}</ref>

==Description== The white-collared pigeon is {{cvt|32|cm}} in length. It is a large grey-brown pigeon with a conspicuous white hindcollar contrasting with a slate-grey head. In flight it shows prominent white wing patches formed by white inner primary coverts.

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite book|last1=Sinclair|first1=Ian|last2=Ryan|first2=Peter|year=2003|title=Birds of Africa South of the Sahara|publisher=Struik|location=Cape Town}}

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white-collared pigeon Category:Ethiopian Highlands endemic bird fauna white-collared pigeon Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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