Spotted Green Pigeon
Caloenas maculata(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Spotted Green Pigeon
The Spotted Green Pigeon (Caloenas maculata) 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: known only from two specimens (one of which now is lost) and one illustration; probably was native to an island or island group in the South Pacific; extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Caloenas maculata
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Spotted Green Pigeon
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba maculata
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II pars.2 p.772
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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