Henderson ground dove

Henderson ground dove; Temporal range: ?Late Pleistocene-Holocene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Columbiformes
Family:	Columbidae
Genus:	Pampusana
Species:	P. leonpascoi
Binomial name
	Pampusana leonpascoi; (Worthy & Wragg, 2003)
Synonyms
	Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy & Wragg, 2003; Alopecoenas leonpascoi;

The Henderson ground dove (Pampusana leonpascoi), or Henderson Island ground dove, is an extinct species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was described from Holocene to possibly Late Pleistocene-aged subfossil remains found on Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group in 1991. Its relatively small wings suggest it was flightless.

References

Trevor H. Worthy; Graham M. Wragg (2003). "A New Species of Gallicolumba: Columbidae from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 33 (4): 769–793. doi:10.1080/03014223.2003.9517758.

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[Gallicolumba-1] Trevor H. Worthy; Graham M. Wragg (2003). "A New Species of Gallicolumba: Columbidae from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 33 (4): 769–793. doi:10.1080/03014223.2003.9517758.