Somali Pigeon
Columba oliviaeClarke, SR, 1918
English (US) Somali Pigeon
The Somali Pigeon (Columba oliviae) 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: arid coastal hills of northern SomaliaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Columba oliviae
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Somali Pigeon
- Described by
- Clarke, SR, 1918
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Clarke, SR, 1918
- Type locality
- Dubbar, 700 feet, 8 miles south of Berbera, British Somaliland.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 38 p.61
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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