Overview
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Alectroenas is a genus of in the Columbidae family.
It contains the following species:
- Madagascar Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)
- Comoro Blue-pigeon (Alectroenas sganzini)
- Mauritius Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissima)†
- Seychelles Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrima)
The extinct Rodrigues Grey Pigeon (Alectroenas rodericana) is usually assigned to the genus Alectroenas, but this is erroneous. In reality, it probably belongs to an undescribed genus, as the sternum's shape is very dissimilar in its details to that of Alectroenas or Columba, and indeed to any other living genus of pigeons and doves. It is most similar to that of the Gallicolumba ground doves or to a miniature version of the sternum of a Ducula imperial pigeon.
Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Order: Columbiformes
Latham, 1790 - Pigeons and Doves
- Family: Columbidae
Illiger, 1811 - Pigeons, Doves
- Genus: Alectroenas G.R. Gray, 1840
- Family: Columbidae
Illiger, 1811 - Pigeons, Doves
- Order: Columbiformes
Latham, 1790 - Pigeons and Doves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Alectroenas is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in the Genus Alectroenas: A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Blue-Pigeon) · A. nitidissima (Mauritius Blue-Pigeon) · A. nitidissimus · A. pulcherrima (Seychelles Blue-Pigeon) · A. pulcherrimus · A. rodericana (Rodrigues Pigeon) · A. sganzini (Comoros Blue Pigeon) · A. sganzini minor · A. sganzini sganzini (Comoros Blue Pigeon)
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