Treron Griveaudi Bird

Treron Griveaudi Bird

Treron Griveaudi Bird

English Name:  Comoros Green-Pigeon
Latin Name:  Treron griveaudi
Protonym:  Treron australis griveaudi Ibis 103B p.50
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code:  madgrp2
Type Locality:  
Author:  Benson
Publish Year:  1960
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

TRERON
(Columbidae; Ϯ Thick-billed Green Pigeon T. curvirostra) Gr. τρηρων trērōn, τρηρωνος trērōnos  pigeon, dove  < τρεω treō  to flee in fear; "TRÉRON, Treron.  Columba, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec un peu robuste, caréné en dessus, droit à la base, crochu vers le bout. — Ailes longues, pointues.  Esp. Columba curvirostra, Gm." (Vieillot 1816); "Treron Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 49. Type, by monotypy, Columba curvirostra Gmelin." (Peters 1937, III, 14).
Var. Theron, Trenon.
Synon. Ancistroa, Butreron, Crocopus, Dendrophaps, Dendrophassa, Osmotreron, Phalacrotreron, Rhamphotreron, Rhombura, Romeris, Sphenocercus, Sphenoena, Sphenotreron, Sphenurus, Toria, Vinago.

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Dr Paul Griveaud (1907-1980) French entomologist, resident in Madagascar (subsp. Accipiter francesiae, subsp. Cypsiurus parvus, Treron).