Rodrigues Turtle-Dove / Nesoenas rodericanus
WBN Rodrigues Turtle-Dove
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba rodericana Annales des Sciences Naturelles – Zoolo- gie et Paléontologie -5 19, Art. 3.
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Nesoenas
Taxonomy Code: rodtud1
Type Locality:
Author: Milne-Edwards
Publish Year: 1873
IUCN Status: Extinct
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.
rodericana / rodericanus
Rodrigues, Mascarenes (named after Diogo de Azavedo Rodrigues (or Roiz) (d. 1577) Portuguese explorer).
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)
