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Alopecoenas xanthonurus (white-throated ground-dove)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Columba xanthonura was named by Temminck (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Gallicolumba xanthonura by Steadman (1992), Steadman and Intoh (1994) and Steadman (1999); it was recombined as Alopecoenas xanthonurus by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Columba xanthonura Temminck
1992Gallicolumba xanthonura Steadman
1994Gallicolumba xanthonura Steadman and Intoh p. 130
1999Gallicolumba xanthonura Steadman
2017Alopecoenas xanthonurus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
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
speciesxanthonurus(Temminck 1823)

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 xanthonurus Temminck 1823 [white-throated 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: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Gallicolumba xanthonura (194622 194623 194624 194625 194626 194627 194628 194630 194634 194640 194642 194643 194644 194645 194647 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Micronesia, Federated States of Gallicolumba xanthonura (194650 194651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Gallicolumba xanthonura (208641 208644)