Rodrigues Pigeon - Alectroenas rodericana

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Alectroenas rodericana - Rodrigues Pigeon

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Description
Scientific Name	Alectroenas rodericana
English Name	Rodrigues Pigeon
Local English Name
French Name
Local French Name
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Habitat	Terrestrial
Geographic Range	Rodrigues
Status	Extinct
First Description	Milne-Edwards, 1874

Classification
Kingdom Phylum Sub phylum Class Sub class Super order Order Family Sub-Family Genus Species	Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Columbiformes Columbidae Alectroenas rodericana

Rodrigues Pigeon Alectroenas rodericana is known from subfossil bones from Rodrigues, Mauritius, and descriptions from Leguat in 1708 and from Tafforet in 1726 . It presumably became extinct in the first half of the 18th century, possibly due to the depredations of introduced rats.


	Extinct Birds

	Index Dodo Blue Pigeon Broad-billed Parrot Grey Parrot Mascarene Coot Mauritian Duck Mauritius Owl Mascarene Swan Mauritius Night Heron Red Rail Bourbon Crested Starling Rodrigues Solitaire Rodrigues Night Heron Rodrigues Little Owl Rodrigues Owl Newton's Parakeet Rodrigues Parrot Rodrigues Pigeon Rodrigues Rail Rodrigues Starling


	References

	1. Cheke (1987). 2. Cowles (1987).


	Links

	IUCN Birdlife International

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