Columba melitensis Lydekker, 1891
Maltese pigeon (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Malta
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lydekker, Richard. (1891). On the remains of some large extinct birds from the cavern deposits of Malta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 403-411. [published in 1890?]
Other references:
Hunt, Christopher O. and Schembri, Patrick J. (1999). Quaternary environments and biogeography of the Maltese Islands, pp. 41-75. In: Mifsud, A. and Savona Ventura, C. (eds.). Facets of Maltese Prehistory. Malta: The Prehistoric Society of Malta, vii + 243 pp.
Mlíkovský, Jiří. (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World: Part 1: Europe. Praha, Czech Republic: Ninox Press. 406 pp.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.