Patagioenas
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Patagioenas is a genus of New World pigeons whose distinctness from the genus Columba was long disputed but ultimately confirmed. It is basal to the Columba-Streptopelia radiation. Their ancestors diverged from that lineage probably over 8 million years ago. While the biogeographic pattern of this group suggests that the ancestors of the typical pigeons and turtle-doves settled the Old World from the Americas, Patagioenas may just as well be the offspring of Old World pigeons, which only radiated into different genera later, given that the cuckoo-doves (Macropygia) of Southeast Asia also seem to be closely related.[1]
Patagioenas | |
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Band-tailed pigeons (Patagioenas fasciata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Subfamily: | Columbinae |
Genus: | Patagioenas Reichenbach, 1853 |
Type species | |
Columba leucocephala (white-crowned pigeon ) Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
17, see text. | |
Synonyms | |
Chloraenas Bonaparte, 1854 (unjustified emendation) |