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Columba vitiensis  Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 177116

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Metallic Pigeon [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderColumbiformes  – Doves, colombes, pigeons, Pigeons  
                            FamilyColumbidae  – Doves, colombes, pigeons  
                               SubfamilyColumbinae   
                                  GenusColumba Linnaeus, 1758 – Pigeons  
                                     SpeciesColumba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 – Metallic Pigeon  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis anthracina (Hachisuka, 1939)  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis castaneiceps Peale, 1849  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis godmanae (Mathews, 1915)  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis griseogularis (Walden & E. L. Layard, 1872)  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis halmaheira (Bonaparte, 1855)  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis hypoenochroa (Gould, 1856)  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis leopoldi (Tristram, 1879)  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis metallica Temminck, 1835  
                                        SubspeciesColumba vitiensis vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Columba vitiensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Columba vitiensis, Metallic Pigeon [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Columba vitiensis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Columba vitiensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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