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Hemiphaga
Sign in to saveHemiphaga is a genus containing two species of large pigeons from New Zealand.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderColumbiformes
- FamilyColumbidae
Observations recorded117,129
Hemiphaga es un género de palomas propio de Nueva Zelanda. Presenta dos especies que hasta 2001 se consideraban subespecies.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Columbidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UMZC, MZLU
- Recorded in
- New Zealand, N/A
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- Parent taxon
- Treroninae
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- taxon common name
- Kererū
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Hemiphaga is a genus containing two species of large pigeons from New Zealand.
There are two subspecies of New Zealand pigeon, Hemiphaga novaseelandiae: H. n. novaseelandiae of mainland New Zealand and the Norfolk pigeon (H. n. spadicea) of Norfolk Island, now extinct. The subspecies differed in their plumage colour and shape.
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