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The pin-tailed green pigeon (Treron apicauda) belongs to the family Columbidae under the order Columbiformes.
Pin-tailed green pigeon taxonomy
The family Columbidae comprises, 3 subfamilies, 42 genera and 310 species, including genus Treron.The family Columbidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1820.
The genus Treron comprises 29 species, including species Treron apicauda. The genus Treron was first introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot (May 10, 1748 – August 24, 1830), a French ornithologist, in the year 1816.
The species Treron apicauda was first described by Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873), an English zoologist, in the year 1846.
The species Treron apicauda is polytypic and comprises three subspecies, viz., Treron apicauda apicauda, Treron apicauda laotinus and Treron apicauda lowei.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Treron apicauda |
| Species: | T. apicauda |
| Genus: | Treron |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Pin-tailed green pigeon - Treron apicauda 233 Image by H. Gronvold and E C Stuart Baker |
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| 2.Pin-tailed green pigeon - Treron apicauda Image by Dibyendu Ash |
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| 3.Pin-tailed green pigeon - Treron apicauda Image by Ron Knight |
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| 4.Pin-tailed green pigeon - Treron apicauda Image by Ross Tsai |
1.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TreronApicauda.jpg (cropped)
Image author: H. Gronvold and E C Stuart Baker | Public domain
2.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pin-tailed_Green_Pigeon_Ghatgarh,_Nainital,_Uttarakhand,_India_08.10.2014.jpg (cropped)
Image author: Dibyendu Ash | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
3.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sussexbirder/8077044360/ (cropped)
Image author: Ron Knight | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 3/18/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosstsai/16085466785/ (cropped)
Image author: Ross Tsai | License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 as on 3/18/18
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