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Rodrigues pigeon
| Rodrigues pigeon | |
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| Subfossil bones, 1873. The bones below (2) where originally assigned to the Malagasy turtle dove | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Nesoenas |
| Species: | †N. rodericanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nesoenas rodericanus (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
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| Location of Rodrigues | |
| Synonyms | |
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Columba rodericana Milne-Edwards, 1873 | |
The Rodrigues pigeon or Rodrigues dove (Nesoenas rodericanus) is an extinct species of pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It is known from a subfossil sternum and some other bones, and the descriptions of Leguat (1708) and Julien Tafforet (1726).
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Nesoenas rodericanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22728722A119206485. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22728722A119206485.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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