Bolle's Pigeon

Columba bollii Godman, 1872

Bolle's Pigeon, Columba bollii, is a resident breeder in the laurisilva of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife in the Canary Islands, and it formerly occurred on Gran Canaria. It is a pigeon of mountain forest, especially dense stands of laurel woodland and ravines, and it also uses tree heath. Its plumage is mainly dark grey, with blacker flight feathers, a paler tail marked by a dark end band, and no white markings. It nests in trees, usually lays one white egg, and feeds chiefly on fruit. It was described by Godman in 1872.

Order

Columbiformes

Family

Columbidae — Pigeons, Doves

Breeding range

Africa: El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera and Tenerife; formerly also Gran Canaria (w, c Canary Is., c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)