White-crowned Pigeon
Patagioenas leucocephala(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) White-crowned Pigeon
The White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala) 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: southern Florida and offshore islands from West Indies to northwestern PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Patagioenas leucocephala
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- White-crowned Pigeon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Columba leucocephala
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- North America = Bahama Islands, ex Catesby.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.164
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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