The Marquesan ground dove or Marquesas ground dove (Pampusana rubescens) is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Pampusana |
| Species: | P. rubescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Pampusana rubescens (Vieillot, 1818)
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It was formerly classified as endangered by the IUCN.[2]
This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International. (2017). "Alopecoenas rubescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22691061A118535609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22691061A118535609.en. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ BLI (2017)
- ^ Bruce, M.; Bahr, N.; David, N. (2016). "Pampusanna vs. Pampusana: a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 136: 86–100.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Pigeons". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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