Comoro Blue Pigeon
Alectroenas sganzini(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854)
English (US) Comoro Blue Pigeon
The Comoro Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas sganzini) 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.
- Scientific name
- Alectroenas sganzini
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Comoro Blue Pigeon
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Alectroenas sganzini minor
- Alectroenas sganzini sganzini
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Funingus sganzini
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854)
- Type locality
- Madagascar, error = Comoro Islands.
- Original description
- Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 39 p.880
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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