He visited the Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands in 1852 and 1856, and wrote Mein zweiter Beitrag zur Vogelkunde der Canarischen Inseln in 1857.

[1] Bolle was a founder member of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (German Ornithological Society) in 1867, succeeding Alfred Brehm as chairman in 1884.

The Bolle's laurel pigeon (Columba bollii) of the Canary Islands was named after him by Frederick DuCane Godman.

[3] The plant genus Bollea (family Orchidaceae) was named in his honor, but is now called Pescatoria.

[4] Media related to Carl August Bolle at Wikimedia Commons This article about an ornithologist is a stub.