Biology:Rodrigues blue pigeon
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Short description: Extinct species of bird
| Rodrigues blue pigeon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Alectroenas |
| Species: | A. payandeei
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| Alectroenas payandeei (Hume, 2011)
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The Rodrigues blue pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei) is an extinct species of blue pigeon which was endemic to Rodrigues. It is known only from the holotype tarsometatarsus collected in 2005, associated with remains of a Rodrigues night heron and a Rodrigues rail. A femur described in 1879 but now lost may also have belonged to the species.[2] It was not specifically mentioned by contemporary writers, and it is therefore unknown when it became extinct.[3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Alectroenas payandeei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T62759683A119206636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62759683A119206636.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62759683/119206636. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ↑ Hume, J.P. 2011: Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa, 3124: 1-62. Preview ISBN:978-1-86977-825-5 (paperback) ISBN:978-1-86977-826-2 (online edition)
- ↑ Hume, J. P.; Walters, M. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: A & C Black. pp. 134–136. ISBN 978-1-4081-5725-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q15707873 entry
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