Marquesan ground dove
The Marquesan ground dove or Marquesas ground dove (Pampusana rubescens) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Marquesan ground dove | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Pampusana |
Species: | P. rubescens |
Binomial name | |
Pampusana rubescens (Vieillot, 1818) | |
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It was formerly classified as endangered by the IUCN.[2]
This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.[3][4]
References
- BirdLife International. 2017. Alopecoenas rubescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22691061A118535609. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22691061A118535609.en. Downloaded on 31 December 2018.
- BLI (2017)
- Bruce, M.; Bahr, N.; David, N. (2016). "Pampusanna vs. Pampusana: a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 136: 86–100.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Pigeons". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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