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Rodrigues Turtle-Dove Nesoenas rodericanus Scientific name definitions

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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014

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Originally Appeared in

HBW Alive

Systematics History

Formerly placed variously in Columba, Streptopelia, Alectroenas or Ptilinopus. Has been considered a race of N. picturatus. Monotypic.

Subspecies

Thought to have become extinct soon after its last record, by Tafforet in 1726 (1), having presumably succumbed to hunting, forest clearance, and predation by introduced predators.

Distribution

Rodrigues (Mascarene Is). Known from a subfossil sternum and some other bones, and the descriptions by Leguat and Tafforet in early 18th century.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife EX Extinct
Distribution of the Rodrigues Turtle-Dove - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Rodrigues Turtle-Dove

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Recommended Citation

(2020). Rodrigues Turtle-Dove (Nesoenas rodericanus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rodtud1.01
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