Silvery Pigeon
Columba argentinaBonaparte, CLJL, 1854
English (US) Silvery Pigeon
The Silvery Pigeon (Columba argentina) 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: islands off western Sumatra (Simeulue, Babi, Banyak, and Siberut); formerly also the Mentawai, Riau, and Lingga archipelagos surrounding Sumatra and the Anambas, Natunas, and Karimata islands west of BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Columba argentina
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Silvery Pigeon
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba argentina?
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1854
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 2 p.36
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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