Pigeons and Doves of Mascarene Islands
It would be great to receive this paper. If i have understood the abstract correctly. Is there one more extinct Alectroenas species from Rodrigues (=Alectroenas rodericanus?) and Columba rodericana is now Nesoenas rodericanus?
1. Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri (Prévost & Knip, 1843)
Columba mayeri Prévost & Knip 1843, p. 113, pl. 60; Jouanin 1965, p. 975.
Distribution: Mauritius, Mascarenes.
2. †Dubois’s Pink Pigeon Nesoenas duboisi Rothschild 1907
Nesoenas duboisi Rothschild, 1907, p.166.
Distribution: Réunion Island, Mascarenes.
3. Madagascar Turtle Dove Nesoenas picturata (Temminck, 1813)
Columba Picturata Temminck, 1813, 1, p.315, 481; id. Pl. Col. 1826, 242 (Île de France, i.e. Mauritius.); Shaw, 1819, p. 85 (Madagascar) ; Gibbs et al. 2001, p.236, pl. 14.
Distribution: Madagascar (ssp. picturata); Anjouan, Comoros (ssp. comoroensis); Glorioso Island, Aldabra and, formerly, Cosmeledo, Astove and Assumption (ssp. copperingi); Seychelles (†ssp. rostrata); Amirante Islands
(†ssp. aldabrana) (after Gibbs et al. 2001). Nominate introduced to Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Comoros and probably to most other smaller islands in the Indian Ocean.
4. †Réunion Turtle Dove Nesoenas aff. picturata
Tourterelles, Dubois 1674: 171.
Distribution: Réunion Island, Mascarenes.
5. †Mauritian Turtle Dove Nesoenas cicur sp. nov
Distribution: Mauritius, Mascarenes.
6. †Rodrigues Turtle Dove Nesoenas rodericana (Milne-Edwards, 1874) nov. comb.
‘Columba’ rodericana Milne-Edwards, 1874, 5, 19, art. 3: 16.
Distribution: Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes.
7. †Mauritian Wood Pigeon Columba thiriouxi sp.nov.
Distribution: Mauritius, Mascarenes.
8. †Réunion Wood Pigeon. Indeterminate genus and species.
Ramiers, Dubois, 1674: 171.
Distribution: Réunion Island, Mascarenes.
9. † Mauritian Blue Pigeon; Dutch Pigeon; Pigeon Hollandais Alectroenas nitidissima (Scopoli, 1786)
Columba nitidissima Scopoli, 1786, fasc. 2: 93. (Ile de France, i.e. Mauritius.).
Distribution: Mauritius, Mascarenes, Indian Ocean.
10. †Rodrigues Blue Pigeon Alectroenas payandeei sp. nov.
Distribution: Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes.
11. † Réunion Blue Pigeon Alectroenas sp.
Distribution: Réunion, Mascarenes.