Sombre Pigeon / Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa
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Sombre Pigeon
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Protonym: Carpophaga poecilorrhoa Abh.naturwiss.Ver.Bremen 5 p.84
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Cryptophaps
Taxonomy Code: sompig2
Type Locality: Minahassa, Celebes.
Author: Brüggemann
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CRYPTOPHAPS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Sombre Pigeon C. poecilorrhoa) Gr. κρυπτος kruptos obscure, hidden; φαψ phaps, φαβος phabos pigeon; "ε. CRYOPTOPHAPS. Cryptophaps, Salvad. MS. . . .Type. C. pœcilorrhoa. Range. Confined to Celebes. The type of this subgenus does not seem to have any near allies; perhaps it approaches Ducula more than any other generic or subgeneric group; the long and nearly graduated tail is very conspicuous, also the under tail-coverts with dark centres." (Salvadori 1893); "Cryptophaps Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. vol. xxi. p. 219, 1893. Type (by original designation): Carpophaga pœcilorrhoa Brügg." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 50).
poecilorrhoa
Gr. ποικιλος poikilos pied, spotted, variegated; ορρος orrhos rump.
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)
