Biology:Ptilinopinae

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Short description: Subfamily of birds

Ptilinopinae
Ptilinopus solomonensis johannis Smit.jpg
Ptilinopus solomonensis pair
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Subfamily: Ptilinopinae
Selby, 1835
Genera

6 and 1 extinct, see text

Ptilinopinae is a subfamily of birds from the family Columbidae.

Genera

 

Ptilinopus heads
Ptilinopus granulifrons and P. hyogastrus (below)

Gallery of genera

References

  1. Meet Tongoenas burleyi, Extinct Giant Pigeon from Tonga, on: sci-news, Jul 23, 2020 by News Staff
  2. David W. Steadman, Oona M. Takano. 2020. A new genus and species of pigeon (Aves, Columbidae) from the Kingdom of Tonga, with an evaluation of hindlimb osteology of columbids from Oceania. Zootaxa 4810 (3); doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.1

Wikidata ☰ Q16910835 entry