Aves - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Synonyms: Carpophaga Selby 1835, Serresius Bonaparte 1855
Parent taxon: Columbidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014, Meijer et al. 2013 and Worthy and Burley 2019
Sister taxa: Alectroenas, Alopecoenas, Arenicolumba, Bountyphaps, Caloenas, Chalcophaps, Chloroenas, Claravis, Columba, Columbina, Columbinae, Didunculinae, Drepanoptila, Dysmoropelia, Ectopistes, Eurostopodinae, Gallicolumba, Geotrygon, Gerandia, Gourinae, Hemiphaga, Leptotila, Leucosarcia, Lithophaps, Macropygia, Microena, Natunaornis, Nesoenas, Ocyphaps, Oena, Patagioenas, Peristerinae, Pezophaps, Phaps, Primophaps, Ptilinopus, Raphus, Rupephaps, Spilopelia, Streptopelia, Treron, Turtur, Zenaida, Trugon, Geopelia, Lopholaimus
Subtaxa: Ducula aenea Ducula aurorae Ducula david Ducula galeata Ducula goliath Ducula harrisoni Ducula lakeba Ducula latrans Ducula oceanica Ducula pacifica Ducula shutleri Ducula tihonireasini
Ecology: volant frugivore-granivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cook Islands (5 collections), East Timor (1), Fiji (9), French Polynesia (6), Guam (1), Indonesia (1), Micronesia (1), New Caledonia (4), Niue (7), Northern Mariana Islands (2), Papua New Guinea (2), Pitcairn (6), Solomon Islands (5), Tonga (12), Vanuatu (1), Wallis and Futuna (5)
Total: 68 collections including 88 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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