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, Trugon, Geopelia, Lopholaimus
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), French Polynesia (8), Guam (2), Indonesia (1), New Caledonia (1), Northern Mariana Islands (11), Papua New Guinea (3), Pitcairn (10), Timor-Leste (1), Tonga (5), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 47 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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