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Rodrigues blue pigeon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Columbidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Columbiformes

Genus
  
Alectroenas

Rodrigues blue pigeon

Similar
  
Rodrigues pigeon, North Island snipe, Bermuda saw‑whet owl, Finsch's duck, Oceanic eclectus parrot

The Rodrigues blue pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei) is an extinct species of blue pigeon which was endemic to Rodrigues. It is known only from the holotype tarsometatarsus collected in 2005, associated with remains of a Rodrigues night heron and a Rodrigues rail. A femur described in 1879 but now lost may also have belonged to the species. It was not specifically mentioned by contemporary writers, and it is therefore unknown when it became extinct.

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Rodrigues blue pigeon Wikipedia