Rodrigues Blue-Pigeon / Alectroenas payandeei
WBN Rodrigues Blue-Pigeon
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alectroenas payandeei Zootaxa 3124 1-62
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Alectroenas
Taxonomy Code: rodblp1
Type Locality:
Author: Hume
Publish Year: 2011
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
ALECTROENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Mauritius Blue Pigeon A. nitidissima) Gr. αλεκτρυων alektruōn, αλεκτρυονος alektruonos cockerel; οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; "HACKLED P[IGEON] ... the feathers of the head, neck, and breast, are long, narrow, and pointed, and of a singular construction, appearing as a polished surface, in the same manner as the appendices of the wing feathers of the Bohemian Chatterer, or Wild Indian Cock: round the eye is a naked deep red skin" (Latham 1783); "*ALECTRŒNAS, n. Columba, Lath. Colomgalles, Less. A. Franciæ, (Lath.) n. Levaill. Ois. d'Afr., pl. 267." (G. Gray 1840); "Alectrœnas G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 58. Type, by original designation, A. Franciae (Lath.) = Columba franciae Gmelin = Columba nitidissima Scopoli." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 40).
Var. Alectraenas.
Synon. Chlamydoena, Erythraena, Erythrotreron, Furningus.
payandeei
Richard Payandee (fl. 2005) botanist on Rodrigues (Alectroenas).
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)
