Genus Streptopelia Bonaparte, 1855

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• Streptopelia Bonaparte, C.L. 1855. Coup d'oeil sur l'ordre des pigeons. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 40: 15-24 [published 3 Jan.] [17] [for identity of type species, see Hartert, E. 1916. Notes on pigeons. Novitates Zoologicae 23: 78–88].

  Type species:

   Columba risoria Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1855. Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum. London : British Museum 192 pp. [150] (=Streptopelia roseogrisea (Sundevall, 1857)).

  Secondary source:

   Hartert, E. 1916. Notes on pigeons. Novitates Zoologicae 23: 78-88.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB)

General References

Salvadori, T. 1893. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Columbae, or Pigeons. London : British Museum Vol. 21 xvii 676 pp. XV pls. (subgeneric arrangement and generic limits, as Turtur Selby, 1835, cf. Peters (1937))

Wolters, H.E. 1975. Die Vogelarten der Erde. Eine systematische Liste mit Verbreitungsangaben sowie deutschen und englischen Namen. Hamburg : Paul Parey Lief. 1, 1-80 pp. (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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