Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)
Extinct
Rodrigues Turtle-dove (Nesoenas rodericanus)
Taxonomy
French: German: Spanish:
Taxonomy:
Columba rodericana
A. Milne-Edwards
, 1874,Rodrigues Island
.Distribution:
Rodrigues (Mascarene Is). Known from a subfossil sternum and some other bones, and the descriptions by Leguat and Tafforet in early 18th century.
Thought to have become extinct soon after its last record, by Tafforet in 1726#R, having presumably succumbed to hunting, forest clearance, and predation by introduced predators.
Descriptive notes
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Formerly placed variously in Columba, Streptopelia, Alectroenas or Ptilinopus. Has been considered a race of N. picturatus. Monotypic.