Nicobar Pigeon / Caloenas nicobarica
Nicobar Pigeon
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba nicobarica Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.164
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Caloenas
Taxonomy Code: nicpig1
Type Locality: Nicobar Islands.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
CALOENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Nicobar Pigeon C. nicobarica) Gr. καλος kalos beautiful; οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados dove; "CALŒNAS, n. Columba, Gm. Les Nicombars, Less. Goura, Steph. Geophilus, Selby. C. nicobarica, (Gm.) n., Pl. enl. 491." (G. Gray 1840); "Calœnas Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1840, p. 59. Type (by original designation): Columba nicobarica L." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 77).
Var. Calloenas, Calliaenas.
Synon. Caryocatactes, Geophilus, Phabalectryo.
nicobarensis / nicobarica / nicobaricus / nicobariensis
Nicobar Is.
● “92. COLUMBA. ... nicobarica. 15. C. cauda alba, corpore nigro, remigibus cæruleis, dorso viridi-nitente, pennis colli elongatis. Columba e nicombar. Alb. av. 3. p. 44. t. 47. 48. Habitat in insula Nicombar prope Pegu indicum.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Caloenas).
SUBSPECIES
Nicobar Pigeon (nicobarica)
SCI Name: Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica
nicobarensis / nicobarica / nicobaricus / nicobariensis
Nicobar Is.
● “92. COLUMBA. ... nicobarica. 15. C. cauda alba, corpore nigro, remigibus cæruleis, dorso viridi-nitente, pennis colli elongatis. Columba e nicombar. Alb. av. 3. p. 44. t. 47. 48. Habitat in insula Nicombar prope Pegu indicum.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Caloenas).
Nicobar Pigeon (pelewensis)
SCI Name: Caloenas nicobarica pelewensis
pelewensis
Pelew / Palau / Belau Is., Micronesia.
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)