Rodrigues pigeon
| Rodrigues pigeon | |
|---|---|
| Subfossil bones, 1873. The bones below (2) where originally assigned to the Malagasy turtle dove | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Nesoenas |
| Species: | †N. rodericanus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nesoenas rodericanus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) | |
| Location of Rodrigues | |
| Synonyms | |
|
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).