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title: "Rameron Pigeon"
description: "Columba arquatrix — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/rameron-pigeon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rameron Pigeon

> Columba arquatrix — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Columba arquatrix*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1396
- Wikidata: [Q512840](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512840)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3012](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3012)

## Names

- en: Rameron Pigeon
- de: Oliventaube
- es: Paloma ojigualda
- fr: Pigeon rameron
- nl: Olijfduif
- pt: Pombo-d'olho-amarelo
- pl: Gołąb żółtooki

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1156), TZ (39), UG (37), KE (25), MW (20), ET (10), CD (7), SA (7), ZW (5), RW (3)

## Summary

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. Populations also are found in western Angola, southwestern Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen. It is locally common, although sizeable gaps in its distribution occur due to its habitat requirements. Despite this, the species is monotypic, with no substantive variation between birds in the different areas it occurs in.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_olive_pigeon

## Photo

![Rameron Pigeon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rameron-pigeon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321711832

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rameron-pigeon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).