Claravis geoffroyi (Temminck in Knip & Temminck, 1811)
Purple-winged ground dove, Purple-barred ground-dove
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Claravis godefrida (Temminck, 1811)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: November 2007 (Areta et al., 2009)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: possibly the only known footage of this species, which may now be extinct. Taken by Brazilian breeder Carlos Keller, who sent it to Pedro Henrique Amancio Padilha and has uploaded in to YouTube for everyone.
References
Original scientific description:
Knip, P. and Temminck, C. J. (1811). Les Pigeons. Livraisons 14 & 15. Paris.
Other references:
Areta, J. I., Bodrati, A. and Cockle, K. (2009). Specialization on Guadua bamboo seeds by three bird species in the Atlantic forest of Argentina. Biotropica 41(1): 66-73.
BirdLife International. (2012). Claravis geoffroyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 February 2015.
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1
David, N., Dickinson, E. C. and Gregory, S. M. S. (2010). Correct spellings of some pigeon names (Aves: Columbidae) established by Temminck from 1808 to 1811. Zoological Bibliography 1: 9-13.
Lees, Alexander C. et al. (2021). Assessing the Extinction Probability of the Purple-winged Ground Dove, an Enigmatic Bamboo Specialist. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 624959. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.624959
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Mittermeier, John C. et al. (2022). Fantastic lost birds and how you can help find them: an updated gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding 31: 25-32.
Naka, L. N., Barnett, J. M., Kirwan, G. M., Tobias, J. A. and de Azevedo, A. G. (2000). New and noteworthy bird records from Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 120: 237-250.
Nascimento, Rafael and Silveira, Luís Fábio. (2024). Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil. Zoologia (Curitiba) 41: e23079. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23079
Sweet, Andrew D. and Johnson, Kevin P. (2015). Patterns of diversification in small New World ground doves are consistent with major geologic events. The Auk 132(1): 300-312. [Abstract]
Sweet, Andrew D., Maddox, J. Dylan and Johnson, Kevin P. (Accepted, 2016). A complete molecular phylogeny of Claravis confirms its paraphyly within small New World ground-doves (Aves: Peristerinae) and implies multiple plumage state transitions. Journal of Avian Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01077 [Abstract]
Temminck, C.J. (1813). Histoire naturelle générale des Pigeons et des Gallinacés. Vol. 1: 1‐499. J. C. Sepp & fils, Amsterdam and G. Dufour, Paris.
Tobias, J. A.; Butchart, S. H. M.; Collar, N. J. 2006. Lost and found: a gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding [2006]: 4-22.