Shy Ground Dove / Alopecoenas stairi
WBN 
Shy Ground Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Caloenas (Phlegoenas) Stairi Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt24 no.301 p.7 pl.115
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Alopecoenas
Taxonomy Code: frgdov1
Type Locality: Samoa, probably = Tonga Islands.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1856
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
ALOPECOENAS
(Columbidae; † Wetar Ground Dove A. hoedtii) Gr. αλωπηξ alōpēx, αλωπεκος alōpekos fox (i.e. fox-coloured); οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; "ALOPECŒNAS, Finsch. (Finsch, Notes Leyd. Mus. xxi. 1899.) 1. hoedti (Schl.). (Salvad. Cat. p. 592.)" (Sharpe 1899); "Leptoptila Hoedti Schleg. (Alopecoenas Finsch) von Wetter" (Finsch 1900); "Alopecœnas Finsch, Notes Leyden Mus. vol. xxii. p. 228, July 1900. Type (by monotypy): Leptoptila hoedtii Schleg." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 75); "Alopecoenas "Finsch" Sharpe, Hand-list, 1, 1899, p. 90. Type, by monotypy, Alopecoenas hoedti (Schl.) = Leptoptila hoedtii Schlegel." (Peters, 1937, III, p. 137).
Synon. Misophaps, Pampusana, Terricolumba.
stairi
Revd. John Bettridge Stair (1815-1898) British missionary to Samoa (Alopecoenas, syn. Megapodius pritchardii).
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)
