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Sao Tome Olive Pigeon

Columba thomensisBocage, JVB, 1888

English (US) Sao Tome Olive Pigeon

The Sao Tome Olive Pigeon (Columba thomensis) 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: forest of São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Columba thomensis
IUCN Red List
Endangered
English (US)
Sao Tome Olive Pigeon
Described by
Bocage, JVB, 1888

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Columba arquatrix var. thomensis
Described by
Bocage, JVB, 1888
Type locality
Sao Thome.
Original description
Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 12 p.230,232

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 350 species of the family Columbidae