Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (22)
- Subspecies (2)
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 14, 2017
Text last updated January 14, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colom de les neus |
| Chinese (SIM) | 雪鸽 |
| Czech | holub sněžný |
| Danish | Snedue |
| Dutch | Sneeuwduif |
| English | Snow Pigeon |
| English (United States) | Snow Pigeon |
| French | Pigeon des neiges |
| French (France) | Pigeon des neiges |
| German | Schneetaube |
| Icelandic | Snædúfa |
| Japanese | ユキバト |
| Norwegian | snødue |
| Polish | gołąb białobrzuchy |
| Russian | Белогрудый голубь |
| Serbian | Belogrudi golub |
| Slovak | holub pobelavý |
| Spanish | Paloma Nival |
| Spanish (Spain) | Paloma nival |
| Swedish | snöduva |
| Turkish | Alaca Güvercin |
| Ukrainian | Голуб білоспинний |
Columba leuconota Vigors, 1831
PROTONYM:
Columba leuconota
Vigors, 1831. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 1 no.2, p.23.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Himalayas, type probably from Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COLUMBA
- columba
- leuconota
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Snow Pigeon
