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Ectopistes (passenger pigeon)
Taxonomy
Ectopistes was named by Swainson (1827). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Columbinae by Wetmore (1956) and Peterson (1999); and to Columbidae by Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Columbinae by Wetmore (1956) and Peterson (1999); and to Columbidae by Wetmore (1962), Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Ectopistes Swainson p. 362 |
| 1956 | Ectopistes Wetmore p. 81 |
| 1962 | Ectopistes Wetmore p. 10 |
| 1982 | Ectopistes Parmalee and Klippel p. 366 |
| 1992 | Ectopistes Parmalee p. 314 |
| 1999 | Ectopistes Peterson |
| 2001 | Ectopistes Olson and Rasmussen p. 299 |
| 2017 | Ectopistes Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Ectopistes Swainson 1827 [passenger pigeon]
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†Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 [passenger pigeon]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available