Madagascar green pigeon
| Madagascar green pigeon | |
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| At Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Treron |
| Species: | T. australis
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| Binomial name | |
| Treron australis (Linnaeus, 1771)
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The Madagascar green pigeon or Madagascan green pigeon (Treron australis) is a species of
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
.
Taxonomy
In 1760 the French zoologist
Two subspecies are recognised:[8]
- T. a. xenius Salomonsen, 1934 – west Madagascar
- T. a. australis (Linnaeus, 1771) – east Madagascar
References
- . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1760). Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés (in French and Latin). Vol. 1. Paris: Jean-Baptiste Bauche. pp. 142–143, Plate 14 fig 2. The two stars (**) at the start of the section indicates that Brisson based his description on the examination of a specimen.
- Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie (1765–1783). "Pigeon ramier verd, de Madagascar". Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 2. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale. Plate 111.
- hdl:2246/678.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1771). "Regni Animalis Appendix. Aves". Mantissa Plantarum Altera (in Latin). Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentius Salvii. p. 526.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 49.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 March 2020.