Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
African Olive-pigeon (Columba arquatrix) - HBW 4, p. 117
French: Pigeon rameron
German: Oliventaube
Spanish: Paloma Ojigualda
Other common names: Rameron/Yellow-eyed/Speckled(!) Pigeon
Taxonomy: Colomba [sic] Arquatrix Temminck, 1809, Knysna, Cape Province.
Forms a superspecies with C. sjostedti, C. thomensis and C. pollenii, and all four are sometimes considered conspecific; also closely related to Asiatic C. hodgsonii, which may belong within this superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: Scattered distribution from Ethiopia S through E Zaire and Tanzania to S South Africa; disjunct populations in W Angola.
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A bird perched and changing its position. Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 February 2008 4 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A lateral view of a bird perched in a tree. Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 4 February 2008 4 years ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a trunk, over the water. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 39 weeks ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A bird drinking on a stream, walking and flying off. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 38 weeks ago 16 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched, looking around. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 24 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree and then on the ground. Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 39 weeks ago 15 sec 3.2
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Perched on a eucaliptus.
Locality Himeville, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 11 November 2008 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird standing on the ground.
Locality Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 19 November 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
A bird on the ground.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 19 June 2012 38 weeks ago 4 -
A bird standing on the ground.
Locality Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 19 November 2010 2 years ago 4 -
African Olive-pigeon, formerly Rameron Pigeon. A large forest-dweller in Southern Africa
Locality Sedgefield, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Dave Kennedy 22 September 2008 3 years ago 4 -
Adult bird.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 13 December 2011 1 year ago 3.4
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