Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mauritius Blue Pigeon, Mauritius Blue-Pigeon
Description
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Family Columbidae
Stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Columbiformes
()
- Latham, 1790
- Pigeons and Doves
- Family:
Columbidae
()
- Illiger, 1811
- Pigeons, Doves
- Genus:
Alectroenas
()
- G.R. Gray, 1840
- Specific name:
nitidissima
- (Scopoli, 1786)
- Scientific name: - Alectroenas nitidissima (Scopoli, 1786)
- Specific name:
nitidissima
- (Scopoli, 1786)
- Genus:
Alectroenas
(
- Family:
Columbidae
(
- Order:
Columbiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 26-May-2005
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Alectroenas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Blue-Pigeon) · A. nitidissima (Mauritius Blue-Pigeon) · A. nitidissimus · A. pulcherrima (Seychelles Blue-Pigeon) · A. pulcherrimus · A. rodericana (Rodrigues Pigeon) · A. sganzini (Comoros Blue Pigeon) · A. sganzini minor · A. sganzini sganzini (Comoros Blue Pigeon)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen. Bremen: Im Selbstverlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins, 1866- GER url p. 33.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 64.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 196, p. 393.
- Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et Paris: Bureau de la Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, [1849- FRE url p. 41.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852443
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558515
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558515
- IUCN ID: 834
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1706
