Bolle's pigeon

Bolle's pigeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
Species:
C. bollii
Binomial name
Columba bollii
Godman, 1872

Bolle's pigeon, Bolle's laurel pigeon or dark-tailed laurel pigeon (Columba bollii) is a species of the genus Columba of family Columbidae, doves and pigeons, endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. This bird is named after the German naturalist Carl Bolle, who was the first to distinguish it from the laurel pigeon. [2] This wood pigeon is endemic to the laurel forest habitat.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Columba bollii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690117A86082635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690117A86082635.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Grouw, Hein van; Dekkers, Wim & Jansen, Justin (2024). Why Bolle’s Laurel Pigeon Columba bollii is not named Wagler’s Laurel Pigeon Columba lamprauchen. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club (London), 144 (2), 109-120. [1]

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