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Alopecoenas stairi (shy ground-dove)

Osteichthyes - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Caloenas stairi was named by Gray (1856). It is extant.

It was recombined as Gallicolumba stairi by Steadman (1993); it was recombined as Gallicolumba stairii by Steadman (1994); it was recombined as Alopecoenas stairi by Clements et al. (2017), Worthy and Burley (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Caloenas stairi Gray
1993Gallicolumba stairi Steadman
1994Gallicolumba stairii Steadman p. 226
2017Alopecoenas stairi Clements et al.
2019Alopecoenas stairi Worthy and Burley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
RankNameAuthor
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusAlopecoenasSharpe 1899
speciesstairi(Gray 1856)

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.

Alopecoenas stairi Gray 1856 [shy ground-dove]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:14:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Gallicolumba stairi (194699)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Tonga Gallicolumba stairi (194698 194717)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga (Vava'u) Alopecoenas stairi (208862 208863 208867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0American Samoa Gallicolumba stairii (193800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Gallicolumba stairii (193986 193987)