Patagioenas
Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]Probably from Latin patagīum (“gold edging or border”) + -ēnās (declined feminine form of -īnus); coined by German botanist and ornithologist Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach in 1852, probably in reference to the appearance of the collar feathers.[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Patagioenas f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbimorphae – clade; Columbiformes – order; Columbidae – family; Columbinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Patagioenas araucana, Patagioenas caribaea, Patagioenas cayennensis, Patagioenas corensis, Patagioenas fasciata, Patagioenas flavirostris, Patagioenas goodsoni, Patagioenas inornata, Patagioenas leucocephala, Patagioenas maculosa, Patagioenas nigrirostris, Patagioenas oenops, Patagioenas picazuro, Patagioenas plumbea, Patagioenas speciosa, Patagioenas squamosa, Patagioenas subvinacea - species
References
[edit]- ^ H. G. L. Reichenbach (1861?) Die vollstandigste Naturgeschichte der Tauben und taubenartigen Vogel: Wallnister, Erdtauben, Baumtauben, Hocco's; Columbariæ: Megapodinæ, Peristerinæ, Columbinæ, Alectorinæ (in German), Dresden & Leipzig, “XLVI. Patagioenas”, page 64: “[…] Kragenfedern grossschuppig metallglänzend und dunkel gesäumt; […] ― […] Collar feathers large-scale, shiny-metallic and darkly-bordered; […]”
Patagioenas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Patagioenas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Patagioenas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
