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
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. et al. (2022). Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474
Skerrett, A. and Disley, T. 2011. Birds of Seychelles. Christopher Helm, London, UK.