Rodrigues Turtle-Dove

Rodrigues Turtle-Dove

Here the details of the Rodrigues Turtle-Dove named bird below:

SCI Name:  Nesoenas rodericanus
Protonym:  Columba rodericana Annales des Sciences Naturelles – Zoolo- gie et Paléontologie -5 19, Art. 3.
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae /
Taxonomy Code:  rodtud1
Type Locality:  
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Publish Year:  1873
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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).