African Olive Pigeon

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When to see the African Olive Pigeon

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the African Olive Pigeon

The map shades 18 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the African Olive Pigeon

The African olive pigeon or Rameron pigeon is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in much of eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape. Populations also are found in western Angola, southwestern Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen. It is locally common, although sizeable gaps in its distribution occur due to its habitat requirements. Despite this, the species is monotypic, with no substantive variation between birds in the different areas it occurs in.

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Easily confused with

White-headed PigeonColumba leucomelaThe white-headed pigeon draws its name from its distinctive white head, neck, breast, and belly. Hill PigeonColumba rupestrisThe hill pigeon is a stout-bodied pigeon, similar in size and general appearance to the rock dove (Columba livia) but mainly differentiated by its tail pattern which consists of a broad, white tail-band across the black tail. Ashy Wood PigeonColumba pulchricollisThe ashy wood pigeon is a member of the bird family Columbidae, found in temperate forests of southeastern Asia.

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