- genus,
Alectroenas, of
birds in the dove and
pigeon family Columbidae. They are
native to
islands in the
western Indian Ocean. The
genus Alectroenas was...
-
named a new genus,
Alectroenas, for the
Mauritius blue pigeon;
alektruon in Gr****
means domestic ****, and
oinas means dove.
Alectroenas nitidissima is the...
- The
Madagascar blue
pigeon or
Madagascan blue
pigeon (
Alectroenas madagascariensis) is a
species of bird in the
family Columbidae. The
species is closely...
- The Seyc****es blue
pigeon (
Alectroenas pulcherrimus), also
known as the Seyc****es blue
fruit dove, is a medium-sized
pigeon which inhabits woodland...
- The
Comoro blue
pigeon (
Alectroenas sganzini) is a
species of bird in the
family Columbidae. It is
endemic to the
Comoros and the
coralline Seyc****es...
-
Ducula (imperial pigeons, 42 species)
Genus Ptilinopus [Drepanoptila;
Alectroenas] (fruit doves,
around 50
living species, 1–2
recently extinct) Genus...
- The
Rodrigues blue
pigeon (
Alectroenas payandeei) is an
extinct species of blue
pigeon which was
endemic to Rodrigues. It is
known only from the holotype...
- pigeons,
everywhere full with them, some with slaty-coloured
feathering [
Alectroenas?], the
others russet-red [N. duboisi]. They are a
little larger than...
- then.
Mauritius blue pigeon,
Alectroenas nitidissima (Mauritius, Mascarenes, c. 1830s) Réunion blue pigeon,
Alectroenas sp. (Réunion, Mascarenes, 1619)...
- (1708) and
Julien Tafforet (1726). This bird was ****igned to the
genus Alectroenas, but this was erroneous. It is most
similar to that of the
ground doves...
