Mauritius blue pigeon
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The Mauritius blue pigeon is an extinct species of blue pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. It has two extinct relatives from the Masca
Mauritius Blue Pigeon national museum of scotland
Illustration of a stuffed specimen published with Sonnerat's 1782 description
Life restoration by Julian P. Hume showing accurate blue legs
Subfossil tarsometatarsus leg-bone in Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Blue pigeon
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The blue pigeons are a genus, Alectroenas, of birds in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. They are native to islands in the western Indian Ocean.
Mauritius blue pigeon
…The Mauritius blue pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissimus) is an extinct species of blue pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. It has two extinct relatives from the Mascarenes and three…
Seychelles Blue Pigeon
Dodo by Julian P. Hume