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Ryukyu Pigeon
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Ryukyu Pigeon
Columba jouyi
The Ryukyu wood pigeon (Columba jouyi), otherwise known as the silver-banded or silver-crescented pigeon is an extinct species of bird in the Columba genus in the family Columbidae. This wood pigeon was endemic to the Laurel forest habitat.
From the article Ryukyu wood pigeon on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Leonhard Stejnege, in his 1887 English publication "Description of a New Species of Fruit-Pigeon", describes the species as similar to Columba janthina:
"but with a large whitepatch on the lower hind neck and the anterior portion of the interscapilium; metallic reflections on scapulars and back bronzy-green, not purple as in C. janthina."
Three skins are recorded in the specimen register of three skins in the Natural History Museum at Tring.
Range & habitat
It is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to islands in the Okinawa archipelago southwest of the Japanese mainland. In the Okinawa group, it has been recorded from Iheyajima, Izenajima, Okinawa proper and the nearby islet Yagachijima. In the Kerama Retto to the west of Okinawa, it was found on Zamamijima, whereas in the Daitō group, some 300 km to the SE of Okinawa, it occurred on both major islets, Kita Daitōjima and Minami Daitōjima. In earlier times, it was most likely found on other islands near Okinawa, such as Iejima. The species' scientific name honors Stejneger's friend, the specimen collector Pierre Louis Jouy.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 3077.