The Mauritian wood pigeon (Columba thiriouxi) is an extinct species of the pigeon genus Columba which was endemic to Mauritius. The holotype is a right tarsometatarsus collected in 1910 by Etienne Thirioux.[2]
| Mauritian wood pigeon | |
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| Life restoration by Julian P. Hume | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Columba |
| Species: | †C. thiriouxi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Columba thiriouxi Hume, 2011
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| Former range | |
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Columba thiriouxi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62254534A119206067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62254534A119206067.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Hume, J.P. 2011: Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa, 3124: 1-62. Preview ISBN 978-1-86977-825-5 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-826-2 (online edition)