Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Columbiformes > Columbidae > Nesoenas mayeri > Nesoenas mayeri duboisi

Nesoenas mayeri duboisi (Réunion Pigeon)

Synonyms: Columba duboisi; Nesoenas duboisi

Wikipedia Abstract

The Réunion pink pigeon (Nesoenas duboisi, but see below) is an extinct species of pigeon that formerly lived on the Mascarene island of Réunion. It is known from the description of a rusty-red pigeon given by Dubois in 1674 and a single subfossil humerus that agrees with that of the pink pigeon of Mauritius in generic characteristics, except being slightly longer. Also, Dubois' reference to the bill being red at the base and the eyes being surrounded by a red ring suggest that this species was closely allied to the Mauritus taxon. Dubois' description was as follows:
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Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Nesoenas mayeri duboisi

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0