Nesoenas

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Nesoenas
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Columbinae
Genus: Nesoenas
Salvadori, 1893
Synonyms
  • Homopelia Salvadori, 1893

Nesoenas is a

monotypic, containing only the pink pigeon (N. mayeri) of Mauritius.[1]

Recent

basal branch of either.[2][1]

Separating from its relatives in Columba and Streptopelia probably in the

plesiomorphic but widespread Malagasy turtle dove (N. picturata). But even though the latter species has display plumage on the neck similar to that of several Columba and Streptopelia, these feathers have somewhat bifurcated tips, unlike in the two related genera. Theoretically, the smaller lineage could be separated as Homopelia, but most modern authors would probably consider this oversplitting.[1]

Species

The genus contains three species, of which one is now extinct:[3]


Genus Nesoenas – Salvadori, 1893 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Malagasy turtle dove or Malagasy turtle-dove

Nesoenas picturatus
(Temminck, 1813)

Five subspecies
  • N. p. aldabranus
  • N. p. comorensis
  • N. p. coppingeri
  • N. p. picturatus
  • N. p. rostratus
the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Réunion, and the Seychelles. Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


†
extinct
(before 1690?)


Nesoenas rodericanus
(Milne-Edwards, 1873) 		Mascarene island of Rodrigues.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EX 


Pink pigeon

Nesoenas mayeri
(Prévost, 1843) 		Mauritius Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 



Another extinct species may belong to this genus:

References

  1. ^ a b c Cheke, Anthony S. (2005). "Naming segregates from the Columba–Streptopelia pigeons following DNA studies on phylogeny". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 125 (4): 293–295. Researchgate
  2. hdl:20.500.11755/a92515bb-c1c6-4c0e-ae9a-849936c41ca2
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  3. Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pigeons"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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