Columba janthina nitens (Stejneger, 1887:421)
Ogasawara wood-pigeon, Red-headed wood pigeon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Janthoenas nitens Stejneger, 1887: 421
Conservation Status
Last record: 1980's
Rediscovered in 2000's?
IUCN RedList status: Listed as extant, including in captivity
The wild population is estimated at 30-40, supplemented by a captive population of an unknown number of individuals (BirdLife International, 2012).
Distribution
Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Stejneger, L. (1887). Review of Japanese birds. VI. – The pigeons. – Proceedings of the United States National Museum 10: 416-429.
Other references:
Ando, H., Ogawa, H., Kaneko, S., Takano, H., Seki, S.-I., Suzuki, H., Horikoshi, K., Isagi, Y. (2014). Genetic structure of the critically endangered Red-headed Wood Pigeon Columba janthina nitens and its implications for the management of threatened island populations. Ibis 156: 153-164. [Abstract]
BirdLife International. (2012). Columba janthina. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 August 2013.
Brazil, M. (2009). Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. London: Christopher Helm.
Mlíkovský, Jiří. (2016). Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected during Friedrich Heinrich von Kittlitz’s circumnavigation in 1826-1829. Part 2. Specimens in other collections. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 185: 139-156.
Mlíkovský, Jiří and Loskot, V. M. (2016). Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected during Friedrich Heinrich von Kittlitz’s circumnavigation in 1826-1829. Part 1. Specimens in the collections of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, Russia. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 185: 77-137.
Steinbacher, J. (1954). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. 11. Die Typen der Vogelsammlung von F. H. von Kittlitz. Senckenbergiana 34: 301-305.
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