Endangered
São Tomé Olive Pigeon
Columba thomensis
The São Tomé olive pigeon or maroon pigeon is an endangered species of pigeon that is endemic to the island of São Tomé off the coast of western Africa.
Appearance
It has a grayish head, a burgundy body with scattered small white spots, and a bright yellow bill and legs.
It was described by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage in 1888.
Range and habitat
The olive pigeon occurs in several parts of the island of São Tomé, among them the northwest (Chamiço), the central massif (Lagoa Amelia, Zampalma, Nova Ceilão, Bombaim and the valley of Rio Io Grande near Formoso Pequeno), the southwest (valleys of the rivers Xufexufe and Ana Chaves) and in the southeast (west of Água Izé, on Pico Maria Fernandes and north of São João dos Angolares). The São Tomé olive pigeon or maroon pigeon is an endangered species of pigeon that is endemic to the island of São Tomé off the coast of western Africa.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Pigeons nest in trees or on the ground and raise few young. An island dove with a high threat category is usually one introduced mammal away from silence.
In crisis
The continued survival of the São Tomé olive pigeon depends upon stopping habitat loss in the remaining lowland rainforest of São Tomé, as does the survival of three other birds: the São Tomé ibis, São Tomé oriole, and São Tomé scops owl.
São Tomé Olive Pigeon is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on São Tomé Olive Pigeon, Wikidata item Q741019. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
