São Tomé Olive-pigeon
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| Columba thomensis Barboza du Bocage, 1888 |
The Sao Tome Olive Pigeon or Maroon Pigeon (Columba thomensis) is a pigeon native to the Sao Tome and Principe Islands off the coast of west Africa.
Distribution: Inhabits the canopy of the primary & secondary evergreen forests of Eastern Africa form Ethiopia, Southern Sudan, Uganda and eastern Belgian Congo to Angola & South Africa. Has been found in the coastal forests, also adapted to the exotic forestry plantations of pine and eucalyptus of South Africa.
