Subspecies groups and future splits (1 Viewer)

[Cadu Agne]

White-tipped Dove
Verreaux's White-tipped Dove - Leptoptila (verreauxi) verreauxi
Lawrence's White-tipped Dove - Leptoptila (verreauxi) fulviventris
Maranon White-tipped Dove - Leptoptila (verreauxi) decolor
Brazilian White-tipped Dove - Leptoptila (verreauxi) brasiliensis

Gray-chested Dove
Cassin's Dove - Leptoptila (cassinii) cassinii
Gray-chested Dove - Leptoptila (cassinii) cerviniventris
Rufous-naped Dove - Leptoptila (cassinii) rufinucha

Leptotila, not Leptoptila

 

[Cadu Agne]

Near finished on the Columbiformes, which of course is a pretty diverse group with many potential future splits, especially amongst all of the island taxa or the cryptic New World species. Mostly need to check through a few additional sources for any remaining future splits or interesting forms. I had to invent some common names, although I am trying to backtrack and double check if existing names are out there. Any additional forms folks would like to suggest including, alternative common names, or what not please let me know, so I can incorporate into the excel file. Species recognized follows IOC

Given the size of the group, I am only presenting members of the Columbinae in this post:

Leptotila rufaxilla is non-monophyletic group, L. r. dubusi probably closer to L. plumbeiceps and L. cassini than to L. rufaxilla (Johnson & Weckstein 2011)

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Leptotila rufaxilla is non-monophyletic group, L. r. dubusi probably closer to L. plumbeiceps and L. cassini than to L. rufaxilla (Johnson & Weckstein 2011)

If dubusi were elevated to species, which subspecies should be included?

 

[njlarsen]

What you label as Martinique QD is probably better named Lesser Antillean due to their presence on three other islands.
Niels

 

[dnsallen]

How are you dealing with possible species such as the Palawan Cuckoo-dove?

Macropygia tenuirostris	Bonaparte, 1854	OR : Philippines; Borneo	AS, ENG
	4167	ssp		M. t. phaea	McGregor, 1904	Calayan (far n Philippines)
	4168	ssp		M. t. tenuirostris	Bonaparte, 1854	Philippines (except Palawan taxon novum)

 

[Cadu Agne]

If dubusi were elevated to species, which subspecies should be included?

I don't know

 

[dnsallen]

How are you dealing with possible species such as the Palawan Cuckoo-dove?

Macropygia tenuirostris	Bonaparte, 1854	OR : Philippines; Borneo	AS, ENG
	4167	ssp		M. t. phaea	McGregor, 1904	Calayan (far n Philippines)
	4168	ssp		M. t. tenuirostris	Bonaparte, 1854	Philippines (except Palawan taxon novum)

If you accept this you might also consider Tawi Tawi Imperial Pigeon. See the sound recordings here:

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[Mysticete]

Leptotila, not Leptoptila

Thanks for catching the typo...I suck at editing and I usually work on this late-ish at night

 

[Mysticete]

How are you dealing with possible species such as the Palawan Cuckoo-dove?

Macropygia tenuirostris	Bonaparte, 1854	OR : Philippines; Borneo	AS, ENG
	4167	ssp		M. t. phaea	McGregor, 1904	Calayan (far n Philippines)
	4168	ssp		M. t. tenuirostris	Bonaparte, 1854	Philippines (except Palawan taxon novum)

To be included in the list, the form has to be attached to a described subspecies/species. I don't want to go down the rabbit hole of undescribed taxa since this project includes Holocene extinct species too

 

[Mysticete]

By resurrecting a few synonyms, the 5 vocal forms look like:

Bogota Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas [p.] bogotensis (incl. chapmani)
Peruvian Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas [p.] delicata (incl. pallescens)
Yungas Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas [p.] andicola
Guianan Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas [p.] wallacei
Atlantic Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas [p.] plumbea (incl. baeri)

Neither IOC or Clements recognizes P.p. andicola...do you know the distribution of this form?

 

[Paul Clapham]

Neither IOC or Clements recognizes P.p. andicola...do you know the distribution of this form?

According to my Google search, Avibase says it's synonymized with P. p. delicata -- although Avibase isn't responding right now. And delicata itself is a synonym of bogotensis according to the IOC spreadsheet. Here's what I see in the Google search page:

Patagioenas plumbea delicata (Plumbeous Pigeon ...​

Avibase
https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org › species

English: Plumbeous Pigeon (delicata) ; French: Pigeon plombé (delicata) ; Scientific: Columba plumbea andicola, Columba plumbea delicata, Columba plumbea ...

 

[andrew147]

Neither IOC or Clements recognizes P.p. andicola...do you know the distribution of this form?

From Peter's (who lists as a synonym of delicata):

Columba plumbea andicola Chubb, Bull. Brit. Orn. CL, 38, 1917, p. 32. (Mapiri, Bolivia.)
Eastern Colombia south through eastern Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia.

The type location (La Paz Department, Bolivia) corresponds to vocal group 3 meaning that lumping into delicata or bogotensis is incorrect - unless, I suppose, there is a mosaic distribution or seasonal movement, with two forms occuring in the yungas, and andicola not being the same as vocal group 3 - which seems unlikely but not implausible.

 

[Mysticete]

Hey folks,

Anyone have access to this paper? I can only get the first page.

Zootaxa 3669 (2): 184–188 (6 Jun. 2013)
Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

Hey folks,

Anyone have access to this paper? I can only get the first page.

Zootaxa 3669 (2): 184–188 (6 Jun. 2013)
Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)

Available on researchgate

 

[l_raty]

Zootaxa 3669 (2): 184–188 (6 Jun. 2013)
Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini)

Available in researchgate

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256980440

 

[Mysticete]

Round two of Columbiformes

Mindanao Bleeding-heart
Mindanao Bleeding-heart - Gallicolumba (crinigera) crinigera
Bohol Bleeding-heart - Gallicolumba (crinigera) leytensis

White-quilled Rock Pigeon
White-quilled Rock Pigeon - Petrophassa (albipennis) albipennis
Plain-quilled Rock Pigeon - Petrophassa (albipennis) boothi

Spinifex Pigeon
White-bellied Spinifex Pigeon - Geophaps (plumifera) plumifera
Rufous-bellied Spinifex Pigeon - Geophaps (plumifera) ferruginea

Bronze Ground Dove
Western Bronze Ground Dove - Pampusana (beccarii) beccarii
Eastern Bronze Ground Dove - Pampusana (beccarii) johannae

White-breasted Ground Dove
White-bibbed Ground Dove - Pampusana (jobiensis) jobiensis
Vella Lavella Ground Dove - Pampusana (jobiensis) chalconotus

Thick-billed Green Pigeon
Thick-billed Green Pigeon - Treron (curvirostra) curvirostra
Barusan Green Pigeon - Treron (curvirostra) hypothapsinus

African Green Pigeon
African Green Pigeon - Treron (calvus) calvus
Gray-breasted Green Pigeon - Treron (calvus) delalandii

Pin-tailed Green Pigeon
Pin-tailed Green Pigeon - Treron (apicauda) apicauda
Vietnamese Green Pigeon - Treron (apicauda) lowei

Pheasant Pigeon
Green-naped Pheasant-Pigeon - Otidiphaps (nobilis) nobilis
White-naped Pheasant-Pigeon - Otidiphaps (nobilis) aruensis
Gray-naped Pheasant-Pigeon - Otidiphaps (nobilis) cervicalis
Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon - Otidiphaps (nobilis) insularis

White-eared Brown Dove
White-eared Brown Dove - Phapitreron (leucotis) leucotis
Buff-eared Brown Dove - Phapitreron (leucotis) nigrorum
Short-billed Brown Dove - Phapitreron (leucotis) brevirostris

Amethyst Brown Dove
Amethyst Brown Dove - Phapitreron (amethystinus) amethystinus
Gray-breasted Brown Dove - Phapitreron (amethystinus) maculipectus
Cebu Brown Dove - Phapitreron (amethystinus) frontalis

 

[Mysticete]

Thick-billed Green Pigeon
Thick-billed Green Pigeon - Treron (curvirostra) curvirostra
Barusan Green Pigeon - Treron (curvirostra) hypothapsinus

Anyone have any further info on this possible split? Even BotW doesn't really provide much info, other than treating them as two subspecies groups.

 

[andrew147]

Anyone have any further info on this possible split? Even BotW doesn't really provide much info, other than treating them as two subspecies groups.

BOTIA describes as lacking red bill base and appearing very heavy-billed and that "this and some of the other Thick-billed Pigeons on islands off Sumatra may well merit specific status". Barusan would include ssp smicrus. Certainly they look different.

 

[Mysticete]

Last batch of Columbiformes. As always, if you have suggestions please let me know.

New Zealand Pigeon
New Zealand Pigeon - Hemiphaga (novaeseelandiae) novaeseelandiae
Norfolk Pigeon - Hemiphaga (novaeseelandiae) spadicea

Green Imperial Pigeon
Green Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (aenea) aenea
Maroon-naped Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (aenea) nuchalis
Rufous-naped Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (aenea) paulina

Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon
Pink-necked Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (rubricera) rubricera
Gray-necked Imperal Pigeon - Ducula (rubricera) rufigula

Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (basilica) basilica
Golden-naped Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (basilica) abiensis

Rufescent Imperial Pigeon
Purple-rumped Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (chalconota) chalconota
Green-rumped Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (chalconota) smaragdina

Pinon's Imperial Pigeon
Pinon Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (pinon) pinon
Salvadori's Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (pinon) salvadorii

Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon
Gray-headed Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (lacernulata) lacernulata
William's Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (lacernulata) williami
Gray-crowned Imperial Pigeon - Ducula (lacernulata) sasakensis

Cream-breasted Imperial Pigeon
Merrill's Fruit Dove - Ramphiculus (merrilli) merrilli
Faustin's Fruit Dove - Ramphiculus (merrilli) faustinoi

 

[Mysticete]

Red-eared Fruit Dove
Red-eared Fruit Dove - Ramphiculus (fischeri) fischeri
Lompbattang Fruit Dove - Ramphiculus (fischeri) meridionalis

Superb Fruit Dove
Eastern Superb Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (superbus) superbus
Western Superb Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (superbus) temminckii

White-bibbed Fruit Dove
White-bibbed Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (rivoli) rivoli
Moluccan Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (rivoli) prasinorrhous
Mountain Fruit DOve - Ptilinopus (rivoli) bellus

Knob-billed Fruit Dove
Knob-billed Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (insolitus) insolitus
St. Matthias Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (insolitus) inferior

Pink-spotted Fruit Dove
Pink-spotted Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (perlatus) perlatus
Huon Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (perlatus) plumbeicollis

Ornate Fruit Dove
Western Ornate Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (ornatus) ornatus
Eastern Ornate Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (ornatus) gestroi

Coroneted Fruit Dove
Dark-capped Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (coronulatus) coronulatus
Pale-capped Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (coronulatus) trigeminus

Rose-crowned Fruit Dove
Rose-crowned Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (regina) regina
White-crowned Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (regina) flavicollis

Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove
Tongan Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (porphyraceous) porphyraceous
Samoan Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (porphyraceous) fasciatus

Many-colored Fruit Dove
Samoan Many-colored Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (perousii) perousii
Tongan Many-colored Fruit Dove - Ptilinopus (perousii) mariae