Aves - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Full reference: T. H. Worthy and G. M. Wragg. 2008. A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves: Columbidae) from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, Seafaring and the Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes 499-510
Belongs to Bountyphaps according to S. Rigal et al. 2018
See also Worthy and Wragg 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMNZ S.4246, a partial skeleton (right coracoid). Its type locality is Henderson Island, site 5, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Pitcairn.
Ecology: volant frugivore-granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of French Polynesia (3 collections), Pitcairn (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.