Madagascar Blue Pigeon
Alectroenas madagascariensis(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Madagascar Blue Pigeon
The Madagascar Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons) in the order Columbiformes.
Range: humid forest of eastern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Alectroenas madagascariensis
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Madagascar Blue Pigeon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba madagascariensis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.283
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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