Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

Comoro Olive-pigeon (Columba pollenii) - HBW 4, p. 117

French: Pigeon des Comores German: Komorentaube Spanish: Paloma de las Comores
Other common names: Comoro Pigeon, Comoro Woodpigeon

Taxonomy: Columba pollenii Schlegel, 1866, Maore (Mayotte), Comoro Islands.
Forms a superspecies with C. arquatrix, C. sjostedti and C. thomensis, and all four are sometimes considered conspecific; Asiatic C. hodgsonii may also belong within this superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: Comoro Is.

  • Near Threatened
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