African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix)

Other Names (World)
African Olive-Pigeon, Rameron Pigeon, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Speckled Pigeon(!), African Olive Pigeon

Family
Columbidae (Pigeons, Doves)

Size
40 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1809

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 300 - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi (B) (NB), Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Djibouti.

Scattered distribution from Ethiopia south through eastern Zaire and Tanzania to southern South Africa; disjunct populations in western Angola.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

African Olive Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) [XC430630]
by Lynette Rudman from Chelinda Camp, Nyika National Park, Malawi (call)

African Olive Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) [XC29273]
by Peter Boesman from Kimhandu Hill, Kipalu camp, Uluguru South F.R, Morogoro Region, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix), Cameroon Olive-pigeon (Columba sjostedti) and Sao Tome Olive-pigeon (Columba thomensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include sjostedti and thomensis as subspecies of African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix).

Forms a superspecies with Cameroon Olive-pigeon (Columba sjostedti), Sao Tome Olive-pigeon (Columba thomensis) and Comoro Olive-pigeon (Columba pollenii), and all are sometimes considered conspecific. Also closely related to Asiatic Speckled Woodpigeon (Columba hodgsonii), which may belong within this superspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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