Madagascar blue pigeon

Madagascar blue pigeon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Alectroenas
Species:
A. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Alectroenas madagascariensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Columba madagascariensis Linnaeus, 1766

The Madagascar blue pigeon or Madagascan blue pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The species is closely related to the other two extant species of blue pigeon, the Comoros blue pigeon and the Seychelles blue pigeon. It is endemic to northern and eastern Madagascar.