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Hemiphaga

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Hemiphaga is a genus containing two species of large pigeons from New Zealand.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderColumbiformes
  5. FamilyColumbidae
Observations recorded117,129

Hemiphaga es un género de palomas propio de Nueva Zelanda. Presenta dos especies que hasta 2001 se consideraban subespecies.​​

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
With media
1
Family
Columbidae
Collections
NHMUK, UMZC, MZLU
Recorded in
New Zealand, N/A

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • References

Hemiphaga is a genus containing two species of large pigeons from New Zealand.

There are two subspecies of New Zealand pigeon, Hemiphaga novaseelandiae: H. n. novaseelandiae of mainland New Zealand and the Norfolk pigeon (H. n. spadicea) of Norfolk Island, now extinct. The subspecies differed in their plumage colour and shape.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hemiphaga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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