Purple-winged ground dove

The purple-winged ground dove (Paraclaravis geoffroyi) is a critically endangered species of dove, native to the Atlantic forest, mainly near bamboo, in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and northern-eastern Argentina (Misiones only). It is threatened by habitat loss and possibly the wild bird trade. There are few recent sightings and the total population is estimated to number 50 to 249 individuals.

Purple-winged ground dove
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Paraclaravis
Species:
P. geoffroyi
Binomial name
Paraclaravis geoffroyi
(Temminck, 1811)
Synonyms

Claravis godefrida
Claravis geoffroii

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Paraclaravis geoffroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

  • Sangster, G.; Sweet, A.D.; Johnson, K.P. (2018). "Paraclaravis, a new genus for the Purple-winged and Maroon-chested ground-doves (Aves: Columbidae)". Zootaxa. 4461 (1): 134–137. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.10.
  • Sweet, A.D.; Maddox, J.D.; Johnson, K.P. (2017). "A complete molecular phylogeny of Claravis confirms its paraphyly within small New World ground-doves (Aves: Peristerinae) and implies multiple plumage state transitions". Journal of Avian Biology. 48 (3): 459–464. doi:10.1111/jav.01077.


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