. ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 8 1 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 8 9 1 ▁death s ▁Category : American ▁mission aries ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Green wich , ▁Connecticut <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁le mon ▁dove ▁or ▁c inn am on ▁dove ▁( Col um ba ▁lar v ata ) ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁bird ▁in ▁the ▁p ige on ▁family ▁Columb idae ▁found ▁in ▁mont ane ▁for ests ▁of ▁sub - S ah aran ▁Africa . ▁The ▁São ▁Tom é ▁le mon ▁dove ▁is ▁usually ▁treated ▁as ▁a ▁sub species . ▁The ▁le mon ▁dove ▁has ▁a ▁generally ▁brown ish - gre y ▁pl um age ▁with ▁a ▁c inn am on ▁brown ▁breast . ▁M ales ▁have ▁a ▁green ish - gl oss ed ▁neck ▁and ▁white ▁mark ings ▁on ▁the ▁head , ▁and ▁females ▁and ▁ju ven iles ▁are ▁rather ▁more ▁brown ▁and ▁have ▁grey ▁fa cial ▁mark ings . ▁This ▁dove ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁species , ▁and ▁the ▁International ▁Union ▁for ▁Conserv ation ▁of ▁Nature ▁has ▁r ated ▁its ▁conservation ▁status ▁as ▁being ▁of ▁" le ast ▁concern ". ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁It ▁diff ers ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁African ▁p ige ons ▁of ▁the ▁genus ▁Col um ba ▁by ▁its ▁terrest rial ▁hab its ▁and ▁the ▁white ▁face ▁and ▁fore head ▁of ▁adult ▁males ; ▁it ▁is ▁therefore ▁sometimes ▁separated ▁in ▁the ▁genus ▁Ap lop elia . ▁Some ▁treat ▁the ▁G ulf ▁of ▁Guinea ▁populations ▁( S ão ▁Tom é ▁le mon