Caloenas

Taxobox
name = Caloenas
status =


image_caption = Nicobar Pigeon
image_width = 225px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Columbiformes
familia = Columbidae
genus = "Caloenas"
genus_authority = G. R. Gray, 1840

"Caloenas" is a genus of pigeons. The only surviving species is the Nicobar Pigeon.

One or two extinct species are known: "Caloenas canacorum" was a large species from New Caledonia and Tonga. It is only known by subfossil remains and was probably hunted to extinction by the early settlers. The Liverpool Pigeon, another extinct species from an unknown locality, has only a slightly similarity to the Nicobar Pigeon due to its neck feathers. It might belong in this genus too despite it is not supported by all scientists. One surviving specimen exists in the Liverpool Museum.

pecies

*"Caloneas nicobarica" Linnaeus, 1758
*"Caloenas canacorum" Balouet & Olson, 1989
*"“Caloenas“ maculata" Gmelin, 1789

References

*David W. Steadman: 'Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds'