Nesoenas picturata aldabrana Sclater, 1872:623
Amirante turtle dove
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Streptopelia (Columba) picturata aldabrana Sclater, 1872:623
Conservation Status
Extinct
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Amirante Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sclater, P. L. (1872). The secretary on additions to the menagerie. proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 623-626.
Other references:
Benson, C. W. (1999). Type specimens of bird skins in the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ritish Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 4: 1-221.
BirdLife International. (2012). Nesoenas picturatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 08 December 2014.
Hume, Julian Pender. (2011). Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124: 1-62. [Abstract]
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
Matthews, Thomas J., Wayman, Joseph P., Cardoso, Pedro, Sayol, Ferran, Hume, Julian P., Ulrich, Werner, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Thébaud, Christophe, Martin, Thomas E. and Triantis, Kostas A. (2022). Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49(11): 1920-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474 [Appendix S1 (.docx); Appendix S2 (.pdf)]
Skerrett, A. and Disley, T. 2011. Birds of Seychelles. Christopher Helm, London, UK.