Alectroenas nitidissimus (Mauritius Blue-Pigeon)

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Mauritius Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas nitidissimus (Scopoli, 1786)
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Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
  Alectroenas

Scientific:
Alectroenas nitidissimus

Citation:
(Scopoli, 1786)

Reference:
Del.Flor.Faun.Insubr. 2 p.93

Protonym:
Columba nitidissima

Avibase ID:
BE8566B00A06FE64

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/BE8566B0

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 558515

EXTINCT

Geographic range:

Alectroenas nitidissimus: Formerly Mauritius I. Extinct; last seen 1840

Source: Clements checklist

English:
  Mauritius Blue-Pigeon
Czech:
  holub lesní
German:
  Mauritiusfruchttaube
Danish:
  Mauritiusblådue
Spanish:
  Paloma azul de Mauricio
Finnish:
  mauritiuksensinikyyhky
French:
  Founingo hollandais
Italian:
  Piccione blu di Mauritius
Japanese:
  mo-rishasururibato
Japanese:
  モーリシャスルリバト
Dutch:
  Mauritiaanse Blauwe Duif
Norwegian:
  Vorteblådue
Polish:
  koralczyk maurytyjski
Portuguese:
  Pombo-azul-das-Maurícias
Russian:
  Маврикийский синий голубь
Slovak:
  pestroš maurícijský
Swedish:
  mauritiusblåduva
Chinese:
  模里西斯蓝鸠

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
   Founingo hollandais ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
   Founingo hollandais ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 3rd edition:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 4th edition:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 6th edition:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Clements, version 2015:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Clements, version 2016:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Clements, version 2017:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Clements, version 2018:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
eBird version 1.50:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
eBird version 1.52:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
eBird version 1.53:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
eBird version 1.54:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
eBird version 1.55:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
eBird version 2015:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
eBird version 2016:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
eBird version 2017:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
eBird version 2018:
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
   Mauritius Blue-pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissimus)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
   Mauritius Blue Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
James Lee Peters:
    Alectroenas nitidissima
James Lee Peters (original):
    Alectroenas nitidissima
James Lee Peters (2nd edition):
    Alectroenas nitidissima
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
   Mauritius Blue-Pigeon ( Alectroenas nitidissima)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Alectroenas nitidissima
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Alectroenas nitidissimus

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms
Czech: holub lesní
Danish: Mauritiusblådue
German: Mauritiusfruchttaube, Mauritiusfructtaube
English: Hollandais Pigeon, Mauritius Blue Pigeon, Mauritius Blue-Pigeon
English (IOC): Mauritius Blue Pigeon
Spanish: Paloma azul de Mauricio, Paloma Azul de Mauritius
Spanish (Spain): Paloma azul de Mauricio
Spanish (HBW): Mauritius Blue-Pigeon
Estonian: mauritiuse sinituvi
Finnish: Mauritiuksensinikyyhky
French: Founingo hollandais, Pigeon hollandais
Hungarian: mauritiusi gyümölcsgalamb
Italian: Piccione blu di Mauritius
Japanese: moarishasururibato, mo-rishasururibato
Japanese: モアリシャスルリバト, モーリシャスルリバト
Latin: Alectroenas nitidissima, Alectroenas nitidissimus, Columba nitidissima
Lithuanian: Mauricinis mėlynasis karvelis
Dutch: Blauwe Duif Van Mauritius, Mauritiaanse Blauwe Duif, Mauritius-Blauwe Duif
Norwegian: Vorteblådue
Polish: koralczyk maurytyjski
Portuguese: Pombo-azul-das-Maurícias
Russian: Маврикийский синий голубь
Slovak: bradaviciar maurícijský, pestroš maurícijský
Serbian: Plavi golub sa Mauricijusa
Swedish: Mauritiusblåduva
Ukrainian: Фунінго маврикійський
Chinese: 模里西斯蓝鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 模里西斯藍鳩, 模里西斯藍鳩1830滅絕