African Olive Pigeon
Columba arquatrixTemminck, CJ, 1808
English (US) African Olive Pigeon
The African Olive Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: Ethiopia to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and South Africa; western AngolaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Columba arquatrix
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Olive Pigeon
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1808
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Colomba Arquatrix
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1808
- Type locality
- South Africa = Antenoquoi Country, i.e. Knysna, Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
- Original description
- Les Pigeons p.11, pl.5
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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