Rodrigues blue pigeon

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Rodrigues blue pigeon
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Alectroenas
Species:
†A. payandeei
Binomial name
†Alectroenas payandeei
(Hume, 2011)
LocationRodrigues.PNG
Former range

The Rodrigues blue pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei) is an extinct species of blue pigeon which was endemic to Rodrigues. It is known only from the holotype tarsometatarsus collected in 2005, associated with remains of a Rodrigues night heron and a Rodrigues rail. A femur described in 1879 but now lost may also have belonged to the species.[2] It was not specifically mentioned by contemporary writers, and it is therefore unknown when it became extinct.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Alectroenas payandeei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62759683A119206636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62759683A119206636.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ Hume, J.P. 2011: Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa, 3124: 1-62. Preview ISBN 978-1-86977-825-5 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-826-2 (online edition)
  3. ^ Hume, J. P.; Walters, M. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: A & C Black. pp. 134–136. ISBN 978-1-4081-5725-1.
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