Rodrigues Solitaire
Pezophaps solitaria(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Rodrigues Solitaire
The Rodrigues Solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) 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; extinct, last reported 1770Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pezophaps solitaria
- Order
- Columbiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Rodrigues Solitaire
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Didus solitarius
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Rodriguez.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.728
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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