†Alectroenas payandeei Hume 2011 (dove)
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Aves - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Full reference: J. P. Hume. 2011. Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa 3124:1-62
Belongs to Alectroenas according to J. P. Hume 2011
Sister taxon: Alectroenas nitidissimus
Type specimen: FLMR2108, a set of limb elements (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Caverne Poule Rouge, Plaine Corail, Rodrigues, which is in a Holocene cave siltstone in Mauritius.
Ecology: volant frugivore-granivore
Distribution: found only at Caverne Poule Rouge, Plaine Corail, Rodrigues
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