Turturoena

Bronze-naped pigeon
A male eastern bronze-naped pigeon, Dlinza Forest, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
Subgenus: Turturoena

Turturoena, commonly called bronze-naped pigeon, is a pigeon subgenus comprising three species: the eastern bronze-naped pigeon, the western bronze-naped pigeon, and the São Tomé bronze-naped pigeon.[1]

References

  1. "The Internet Bird Collection". Retrieved 2009-07-19.


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