Ryukyu Wood Pigeon
Columba jouyi(Stejneger, LH, 1887)
English (US) Ryukyu Wood Pigeon
The Ryukyu Wood Pigeon (Columba jouyi) 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: formerly Okinawa and Daito Islands (southern Japan); extinct, last reported 1936Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Columba jouyi
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Ryukyu Wood Pigeon
- Described by
- (Stejneger, LH, 1887)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Janthoenas jouyi
- Described by
- (Stejneger, LH, 1887)
- Type locality
- Riu Kiu Islands.
- Original description
- The American Naturalist, An Illustrated Magazine of Natural History 21 p.583
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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