Sombre pigeon

Sombre pigeon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Cryptophaps
Salvadori, 1893
Species: C. poecilorrhoa
Binomial name
Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa
(Brüggemann, 1876)
Range map

The sombre pigeon (Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is the only species within the genus Cryptophaps.[2] It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in Wallacea.[1] Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2012). "Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Sergio L. Pereira, Kevin P. Johnson, Dale H. Clayton & Allan J. Baker (2007). "Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences support a Cretaceous origin of Columbiformes and a dispersal-driven radiation in the Paleogene". Systematic Biology 56 (4): 656–672. doi:10.1080/10635150701549672. PMID 17661233.


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