Aves - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Parent taxon: Columbidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Meijer et al. 2013 and Worthy and Burley 2019
Sister taxa: Alectroenas, Alopecoenas, Arenicolumba, Bountyphaps, Caloenas, Chalcophaps, Chloroenas, Claravis, Columba, Columbina, Columbinae, Didunculinae, Drepanoptila, Ducula, Dysmoropelia, Ectopistes, Eurostopodinae, Gallicolumba, Geotrygon, Gerandia, Gourinae, Hemiphaga, Leptotila, Leucosarcia, Lithophaps, Macropygia, Microena, Natunaornis, Nesoenas, Ocyphaps, Oena, Patagioenas, Peristerinae, Pezophaps, Phaps, Primophaps, Raphus, Rupephaps, Spilopelia, Streptopelia, Treron, Turtur, Zenaida, Geopelia, Lopholaimus, Trugon
Subtaxa: Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii Ptilinopus greyi Ptilinopus huttoni Ptilinopus insularis Ptilinopus perousii Ptilinopus porphyraceus Ptilinopus purpuratus Ptilinopus rarotongensis Ptilinopus rivoli Ptilinopus roseicapilla
Ecology: volant frugivore-granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cook Islands (4 collections), East Timor (1), French Polynesia (8), Guam (2), Indonesia (1), New Caledonia (1), Northern Mariana Islands (11), Papua New Guinea (3), Pitcairn (10), Tonga (5), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 47 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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