Sombre Pigeon
Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa(Brüggemann, F, 1876)
English (US) Sombre Pigeon
The Sombre Pigeon (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa) 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 montane forest of SulawesiRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sombre Pigeon
- Described by
- (Brüggemann, F, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga poecilorrhoa
- Described by
- (Brüggemann, F, 1876)
- Type locality
- Minahassa, Celebes.
- Original description
- Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 5 p.84
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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