Lord Howe pigeon
| Lord Howe pigeon | |
|---|---|
| George Raper's painting of the Lord Howe pigeon, which was used to describe the subspecies | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Columba |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. v. godmanae |
| Trinomial name | |
| Columba vitiensis godmanae Mathews, 1915 | |
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The Lord Howe pigeon or white-throated pigeon (Columba vitiensis godmanae), was a subspecies of the metallic pigeon which existed on Lord Howe Island. It became extinct in the 1850s.