Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (8)
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 3, 2016
Text last updated November 3, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colom gorjablanc |
| Chinese | 白喉林鴿 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白喉林鸽 |
| Czech | holub bělolící |
| Dutch | Witkeelduif |
| English | Metallic Pigeon |
| English (Australia) | White-throated Pigeon |
| English (United States) | Metallic Pigeon |
| French | Pigeon à gorge blanche |
| French (France) | Pigeon à gorge blanche |
| German | Weißkehltaube |
| Indonesian | Merpati-hutan metalik |
| Japanese | アカメカラスバト |
| Norwegian | hvitstrupedue |
| Polish | gołąb białogardły |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pombo-de-garganta-branca |
| Russian | Белогорлый вяхирь |
| Serbian | Belobradi golub |
| Slovak | holub bledohrdlý |
| Spanish | Paloma Gorjiblanca |
| Spanish (Spain) | Paloma gorjiblanca |
| Swedish | vitstrupig duva |
| Turkish | Ak Gerdanlı Güvercin |
| Ukrainian | Голуб білогорлий |
Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
PROTONYM:
Columba vitiensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1, p.246 AtlasOis. pl.28.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fiji Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COLUMBA
- columba
- vitiensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Metallic Pigeon
