Chilean Pigeon
Chilean Pigeon
Here the details of the Chilean Pigeon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba araucana Voy.Coq. (1826), pl.40 1830 Zool. 1 p.706
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Patagioenas
Taxonomy Code: chipig2
Type Locality: Talcahuano, Concepcion Bay, Chile.
Author: Lesson & Garnot
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PATAGIOENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ White-crowned Pigeon P. leucocephala) Gr. παταγη patagē clatter, clap; οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon; "Genera et Species typicae. ... γ. *Patagioenas Rchb. leucocephala (Col. — L. Gm.) R. Ic. Av. t. 223. ic. 1257—58. t. 255. ic. 2863—64." (Reichenbach 1852); "Patagioenas Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., p. xxv, 1852—type, by [original designation and] monotypy, Columba leucocephala Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover 1942, XIII, 430). This genus incorporates the New World pigeons formerly included in Columba.
Var. Patagiaenas.
Synon. Chloroenas, Crossophthalmus, Lepidoenas, Notioenas, Oenoenas, Picazuros.
araucana / araucanus
Araucano or Mapuche, a people of Chile who offered stout resistance to the Spanish conquerors.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)