Rodrigues Pigeon
Nesoenas rodericanus(Milne-Edwards, A, 1873)
English (US) Rodrigues Pigeon
The Rodrigues Pigeon (Nesoenas rodericanus) 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 Rodrigues; last observed in 1726; described from fossils, and known from two descriptions from early visitors to RodriguesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nesoenas rodericanus
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Rodrigues Pigeon
- Described by
- (Milne-Edwards, A, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba rodericana
- Described by
- (Milne-Edwards, A, 1873)
- Type locality
- Rodriguez Island
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie 5, ser.19, no.2-3 p.16, pl.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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