Henderson Ground Dove

Henderson Ground Dove
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Gallicolumba
Species: G. leonpascoi
Binomial name
Gallicolumba leonpascoi
Worthy and Wragg, 2003

The Henderson Ground Dove (Gallicolumba leonpascoi), or Henderson Island Ground Dove, is an extinct species of bird in the Columbidae family. It was described from subfossil remains found on Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group in 1991.

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