Tongoenas burleyi Steadman & Takano, 2020
Royal Tongan pigeon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Columbidae undescribed genus C (Tyrberg, 2009:89)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Foa, Lifuka, `Uiha, Ha`afeva, Tongatapu, and `Eua, Tonga
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Steadman, David W. and Takano, Oona M. (2020). A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves, Columbidae) from the Kingdom of Tonga, with an evaluation of hindlimb osteology of columbids from Oceania. Zootaxa 4810(3): 401-420. [Abstract]
Other references:
Franklin, Janet and Steadman, David W. (2008). Prehistoric species richness of birds on oceanic islands. Oikos 117: 1885-1891. [Abstract]
Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. xiv + 594 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.
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