Treron Pembaensis Bird

Treron Pembaensis Bird

Treron Pembaensis Bird

English Name:  Pemba Green-Pigeon
Latin Name:  Treron pembaensis
Protonym:  Treron pembaensis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 60 p.94
Taxonomy:  Columbiformes / Columbidae / Treron
Taxonomy Code:  pegpig1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Pakenham
Publish Year:  1940
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

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.

pembae / pembaensis
Pemba I., Zanzibar.