Chatham Islands Pigeon
Hemiphaga chathamensis(Rothschild, LW, 1891)
English (US) Chatham Islands Pigeon
The Chatham Islands Pigeon (Hemiphaga chathamensis) 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: Chatham Islands; now mainly southeastern Chatham IslandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hemiphaga chathamensis
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Chatham Islands Pigeon
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1891)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carpophaga chathamensis
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1891)
- Type locality
- Chatham Islands, type from Main Island.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891, pt.1 p.312 pl.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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