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Columbina passerina (common ground-dove)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Columba passerina was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chamaepelia passerina by Wetmore (1922); it was recombined as Columbigallina passerina by Bernstein (1965); it was recombined as Columbina passerina by Pregill et al. (1988), Olson et al. (1990), Morgan (1994), Clements et al. (2017) and Oswald and Steadman (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Columba passerina Linnaeus p. 165
1922Chamaepelia passerina Wetmore p. 2
1965Columbigallina passerina Bernstein p. 274
1988Columbina passerina Pregill et al. p. 16
1990Columbina passerina Olson et al.
1994Columbina passerina Morgan p. 481
2017Columbina passerina Clements et al.
2018Columbina passerina Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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
genusColumbinaSpix 1825
speciespasserina()

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.

Columbina passerina Linnaeus 1758 [common 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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Columbina passerina (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Columbina passerina (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Columbina passerina (194588)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Haiti Chamaepelia passerina (195073)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Dominican Republic Columbigallina passerina (194485)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Columbigallina passerina (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Columbina passerina (94615)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti Columbina passerina (194483)