Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Rodrigues 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:
rodericana
- (Milne-Edwards, 1874)
- Scientific name: - Alectroenas rodericana (Milne-Edwards, 1874)
- Specific name:
rodericana
- (Milne-Edwards, 1874)
- 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
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Alectroenas
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Blue-Pigeon) · A. nitidissima (Mauritius Blue-Pigeon) · A. pulcherrima (Seychelles Blue-Pigeon) · 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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- 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.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Alectroenas rodericana. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- 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: 5986873
- IUCN ID: 23329
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12667
