Santa Cruz ground dove

The Santa Cruz ground dove (Pampusana sanctaecrucis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the southern Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Santa Cruz ground dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Pampusana
Species:
P. sanctaecrucis
Binomial name
Pampusana sanctaecrucis
(Mayr, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Gallicolumba sanctaecrucis Mayr, 1935
  • Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis

This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.[2][3]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22691047A93301186. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691047A93301186.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Bruce, M.; Bahr, N.; David, N. (2016). "Pampusanna vs. Pampusana: a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 136: 86–100.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Pigeons". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.


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