Choiseul Pigeon
Microgoura meekiRothschild, LW, 1904
English (US) Choiseul Pigeon
The Choiseul Pigeon (Microgoura meeki) 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 Choiseul (northwestern Solomon Islands); extinct, last reported 1904Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Microgoura meeki
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Choiseul Pigeon
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1904
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Rothschild, LW, 1904
- Type locality
- Choiseul, Solomon Islands, male collected January 7, 1904
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 14 p.78
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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