Tanna ground dove

Tanna ground dove
Female painted in 1774

Extinct (c.1800)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Pampusana
Species:
†P. ferruginea
Binomial name
†Pampusana ferruginea
(Forster, 1844)[2]
The female specimen was shot in the forest at Port Resolution, which is the bay west of Ireupuow.
Synonyms
  • Columba ferruginea Forster, 1844
  • Gallicolumba ferruginea
  • Alopecoenas ferrugineus

The Tanna ground dove (Pampusana ferruginea), also known as Forster's dove of Tanna, is an extinct dove species. Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified into the genus Gallicolumba (which includes ground doves and bleeding-hearts); its closest relative is possibly the Santa Cruz ground dove. It was endemic to the Pacific island of Tanna, Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). Forster records a native name mahk, almost certainly from the Kwamera language.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Alopecoenas ferrugineus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22691052A93301514. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691052A93301514.en.
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