Nesoenas cicur (Mauritius Pigeon)

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Mauritius Pigeon

Nesoenas cicur Hume, 2011

Order:
  Columbiformes
Family:
  Columbidae
Genus:
  Nesoenas

Scientific:
Nesoenas cicur

Citation:
Hume, 2011

Reference:
Zootaxa 3124: 1-62

Protonym:

Avibase ID:
E54E8DE67BA6C994

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E54E8DE6

Taxonomic Serial Number:

EXTINCT

Geographic range:

Nesoenas cicur: Extinct. Formerly occurred on Mauritius. Described from fossils that likely refer to observations of turtle-doves. Likely went extinct around 1720

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Mauritius Pigeon
French:
Founingo de Maurice
Swedish:
mauritiusturturduva

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mauritius Pigeon ( Nesoenas cicur)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mauritius Pigeon ( Nesoenas cicur)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Clements, version 2019: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
eBird version 2019: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: fossil species (extinct)

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Other synonyms

Catalan: Tórtora de l'illa Maurici
English: Mauritius Pigeon, Mauritius Turtle Dove, Mauritius Turtle-dove
French: Founingo de Maurice, Tourterelle de Maurice
Scientific: Nesoenas cicur
Swedish: mauritiusturturduva