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Comoros olive pigeon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Columbiformes

Genus
  
Columba

Higher classification
  
Columba

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Columbidae

Scientific name
  
Columba pollenii

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Cameroon olive pigeon, Island bronze‑naped pigeon, Western bronze‑naped pigeon, Somali pigeon, White‑naped pigeon

The Comoros olive pigeon (Columba pollenii) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Comoros and Mayotte.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

Status

Although described as locally common in parts of Grand Comoro, the Comoros olive pigeon is in general a fairly scarce bird with a small total population. The chief threat it faces is the clearance of the forest habitat in which it lives, but it is also hunted on each of the four islands on which it is found. The population trend is unknown, but the total population is probably fewer than 10,000 individuals, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as "near threatened".

References

Comoros olive pigeon Wikipedia