Mauritius Turtle Dove (unrecognized species)
Nesoenas cicur Hume, JP 2011
The Mauritian turtle dove is an extinct species of the pigeon genus Nesoenas which was endemic to Mauritius. The holotype is a right tarsometatarsus collected in 2008 in southeastern Mauritius. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Columbiformes
Family:
Columbidae
Genus:
Nesoenas
Scientific:
Nesoenas cicur
Original description
Citation:
Hume, JP 2011
Reference:
Zootaxa
3124 1-62
Protonym:
Nesoenas cicur
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280836820
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
E54E8DE67BA6C994
Avibase ID:
avibase-E54E8DE6
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/E54E8DE6
Taxonomic Serial Number:
EXTINCT
English:
Mauritius Pigeon
Afrikaans:
Mauritiustortelduif
Bulgarian:
Маврицийска гургулица
Catalan:
Tórtora de l'illa Maurici
Czech:
hrdlička mauricijská
Danish:
Mauritius Turteldue
German:
Mauritiusturteltaube
Spanish:
Tórtola de Mauricio
Spanish (Spain):
Tórtola de Mauricio
Finnish:
mauritiuksenturturikyyhky
French:
Pigeon de Maurice
Croatian:
mauricijska grlica
Japanese:
モーリシャスキジバト
Dutch:
Mauritiustortel
Norwegian:
mauritiusturteldue
Polish:
synogarlica maurytyjska
Portuguese (Portugal):
rola-das-maurícias
Slovak:
hrdlička maurícijská
Serbian:
Grlica sa ostrva Mauricijus (izumrla)
Swedish:
mauritiusturturduva
Turkish:
Küçük pembe güvercin
Ukrainian:
Голуб рожевий
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mauritius Pigeon ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mauritius Pigeon ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mauritius Pigeon ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): 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) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mauritius Pigeon ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): 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) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Mauritius Turtle-dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Clements, version 2021: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Clements, version 2022: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Clements, version 2023: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Clements, version 2024: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Clements, version 2025: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| Clements, version 2019: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| eBird version 2019: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| eBird version 2021: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| eBird version 2022: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| eBird version 2023: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| eBird version 2024: Mauritius Turtle-Dove ( Nesoenas cicur) |
| eBird version 2025: 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
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Mauritiustortelduif
Bulgarian: Маврицийска гургулица
Catalan: Tórtora de l'illa Maurici
Czech: hrdlička mauricijská
Danish: Mauritius Turteldue
German: Mauritiusturteltaube
English: Mauritius Pigeon, Mauritius Turtle Dove, Mauritius Turtle Dove (unrecognized species), Mauritius Turtle-dove
[ENAV]: Mauritius Turtle-Dove
English (United Kingdom): Mauritius Turtle Dove
English, HBW: Mauritius Turtle-dove
English (IOC): Mauritius Turtle Dove
English (United States): Mauritius Turtle-Dove
Spanish: Tórtola de Mauricio
Spanish (Spain): Tórtola de Mauricio
Finnish: mauritiuksenturturikyyhky
French: Founingo de Maurice, Pigeon de Maurice, Tourterelle de Maurice
French (Guyane): Pigeon de Maurice
Croatian: mauricijska grlica
Japanese: モーリシャスキジバト
Scientific: Nesoenas cicur
Dutch: Mauritiustortel
Norwegian: mauritiusturteldue
Polish: synogarlica maurytyjska
Portuguese (Portugal): rola-das-maurícias
Slovak: hrdlička maurícijská
Serbian: Grlica sa ostrva Mauricijus (izumrla)
Swedish: mauritiusturturduva
Turkish: Küçük pembe güvercin
Ukrainian: Голуб рожевий
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