Marquesan ground dove

The Marquesan ground dove (Pampusana rubescens) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Marquesan ground dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Pampusana
Species:
P. rubescens
Binomial name
Pampusana rubescens
(Vieillot, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Gallicolumba rubescens
  • Alopecoenas rubescens

It was formerly classified as endangered by the IUCN.[2]

This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.[3][4]

References
  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Alopecoenas rubescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22691061A118535609. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22691061A118535609.en. Downloaded on 31 December 2018.
  2. BLI (2017)
  3. Bruce, M.; Bahr, N.; David, N. (2016). "Pampusanna vs. Pampusana: a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 136: 86–100.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Pigeons". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.


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