Pink Pigeon / Nesoenas mayeri
WBN 
Pink Pigeon
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba Mayeri LesPigeons[Knip].ed.2 ed.2, 2 p.113 pl.60
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Nesoenas
Taxonomy Code: pinpig2
Type Locality: Mauritius.
Author: Prévost
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
NESOENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Pink Pigeon N. mayeri) Gr. νησος nēsos island (= Mauritius); οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; "NESŒNAS. Trocaza, Shell. (nec. Bp.) Ibis, 1883, p. 281. . . .Type. N. mayeri. Nesœnas, Salvad. MS. . . .Type. N. mayeri. Range. Confined to Mauritius." (Salvadori 1893).
Synon. Homopelia, Trocaza.
mayeri
● Frederick William Shaw Mayer (1899-1989) Australian ornithologist, aviculturalist, collector (Astrapia, syn. Xanthotis flaviventer).
● Gustave Mayer (fl. 1832) collector on Mauritius (Martin Schneider in litt.) (Nesoenas).
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)
