Partridge Pigeon
Geophaps smithii(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
English (US) Partridge Pigeon
The Partridge Pigeon (Geophaps smithii) 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
- Geophaps smithii
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Partridge Pigeon
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Geophaps smithii blaauwi
- Geophaps smithii smithii
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba Smithii
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
- Type locality
- New Holland = North-West Australia apud Mathews, Nov. Zool., 18, 1912, p. 190 = Northern Territory by designation of Mathews, infra.
- Original description
- Illustrations of ornithology 2 pl.104
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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