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Color Me Olivaceous

10,000 Birds

While green is rather common color in avian plumage, it rarely attains the flamboyance of a parrot’s chartreuse or the emerald of a hummingbird. Cameroon boasts Olive-pigeons as well, as does Sao Tome, Comoro, and greater Africa. More birds are adorned in more practical, which is to say muted tones.

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