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African olive pigeon, Rameron pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
| Subject: | African olive pigeon, Rameron pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
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Date: 2013:03:02 09:30:45
Camera: DMC-TZ8 (Panasonic)
F number: f/4.9
Exposure: 10/1250 sec
Focal Length: 492/10
Upload Date: 2017:02:20 17:57:01
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Description
English: African olive pigeons at a clay lick in Lynnwood Glen, in suburban Pretoria, South Africa. Up to 10 birds congregate at a time, with both sexes and various age groups present. The habit may well be related to consumption of poisonous Melia azedarach or Solanum seeds.
Date 2 March 2013, 09:30
Author JMK https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JMK
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columba_arquatrix,_by_kleilek,_p,_Pretoria.jpg
The African olive pigeon or Rameron pigeon (Columba arquatrix) is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in much of eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape.
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Scientific Name: Columba arquatrix Temminck, 1809
Common Names: African Olive-pigeon, Rameron pigeon
French: Pigeon rameron German: Oliventaube Spanish: Paloma ojigualda
Taxonomy: Colomba [sic] Arquatrix Temminck, 1808, Knysna, Cape Province. |
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