Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon Columba elphinstonii Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, Eduardo de Juana, 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 dels Nilgiri |
| Czech | holub nilgirský |
| Dutch | Nilgirihoutduif |
| English | Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon |
| English (UK) | Nilgiri Woodpigeon |
| English (United States) | Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon |
| French | Pigeon d'Elphinstone |
| French (France) | Pigeon d'Elphinstone |
| German | Nilgiritaube |
| Japanese | カノコモリバト |
| Malayalam | മരപ്രാവ് |
| Norwegian | nilgiridue |
| Polish | gołąb brązowogrzbiety |
| Russian | Нильгирийский вяхирь |
| Serbian | Nilgiri šumski golub |
| Slovak | holub hnedochrbtý |
| Slovenian | Nilgirski grivar |
| Spanish | Paloma de Los Nilgiris |
| Spanish (Spain) | Paloma de los Nilgiris |
| Swedish | nilgiriduva |
| Turkish | Nilgiri Tahtalısı |
| Ukrainian | Голуб нільгирійський |
Columba elphinstonii (Sykes, 1832)
PROTONYM:
Ptilinopus Elphinstonii
Sykes, 1832. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London Part 2 no.23, p.149.
TYPE LOCALITY:
The Ghauts of Deccan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COLUMBA
- columba
- elphinstonii
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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 Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon
