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Chilean Pigeon

Patagioenas araucana(Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1827)

English (US) Chilean Pigeon

The Chilean Pigeon (Patagioenas araucana) 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: Araucaria and Nothofagus forest and adjacent fields of central and southern Chile and adjacent ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Patagioenas araucana
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Chilean Pigeon
Described by
(Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1827)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Columba araucana
Described by
(Lesson, RP; Garnot, P, 1827)
Type locality
Talcahuano, Concepcion Bay, Chile.
Original description
Voyage autour du Monde exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 (etc.). Zoologie Atlas, 1 p.706, pl.40

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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