Galapagos Dove / Zenaida galapagoensis
Galapagos Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Zenaida Galapagoensis Zool.Voy.Beagle[Darwin] pt15 p.115 pl.46
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Zenaida
Taxonomy Code: galdov1
Type Locality: GaMpagos Archipelago.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
ZENAIDA
(Columbidae; Ϯ Zenaida Dove Z. aurita zenaida) Specific name Columba zenaida Bonaparte, 1825 (= subsp. Zenaida aurita); "Gen. 191. ZENAIDA, Nob. 274. ZENAIDA AMABILIS, Nob. (Columba zenaida, Nob.) Aud. pl. 162. Southern parts. 275. ZENAIDA MONTANA, Nob. (Columba montana, L.) Aud. pl. 167. Southern parts." (Bonaparte 1838); "Nous restreignons notre huitième genre Zenaida de manière que, malgré l'addition de plusieurs espèces nouvelles, il n'en contient plus que neuf en tout. 1. Son type est toujours, comme de raison, ma Zenaida amabilis, des Florides, de Bahama et de Cuba." (Bonaparte 1855 (Comptes Rend.)); "71. Zenaida, Bp. 1838. Cauda brevicula, rotundato-cuneata. Am. 9. 1. COLUMBA ZENAIDA, Bp. ... *2. COLUMBA martinicana, Br. nec L. ... 3. COLUMBA auriculata, O. des Murs. ... 4. COLUMBA maculata, Vieill. nec Gm. ... *5. Z. hypoleuca, Gr. Mus. Brit. 1854. ... *6. Z. ruficauda, Gr. 1854. ... 7. COLUMBIGALLINA gallapagoensis, Neboux, 1840. ... *8. Z. pentheria, Bp. ... *9. Z. stenura, Bp." (Bonaparte 1855 (Conspectus)); "Zenaida Bonaparte, Geogr. and Comp. List, 1838, p. 41. Type, by tautonymy, Zenaida amabilis Bonaparte = Columba zenaida Bonaparte." (Peters 1937, III, 86).
Var. Zenaeda, Zeneida, Zenoida, Zonaida.
Synon. Melopelia, Nesopelia, Perissura, Platypteroena, Stenuroena, Zenaidura.
zenaida
Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Princesse Bonaparte (1801–1854) Infanta of Spain, cousin and wife of French ornithologist Prince Bonaparte (subsp. Zenaida aurita).
galapagensis / galapagoensis
Galápagos Is. (Spanish galopegos tortoises).
● Erroneous TL. Galápagos Is. (= California) (syn. Zonotrichia coronata).
SUBSPECIES
Galapagos Dove (galapagoensis)
SCI Name: Zenaida galapagoensis galapagoensis
galapagensis / galapagoensis
Galápagos Is. (Spanish galopegos tortoises).
● Erroneous TL. Galápagos Is. (= California) (syn. Zonotrichia coronata).
Galapagos Dove (exsul)
SCI Name: Zenaida galapagoensis exsul
exsul
L. exsul exile < ex out of; solum country, land (i.e. remote, isolated, insular).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)