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
- No sound recordings available yet
