Patagioenas

Translingual

Etymology

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

Patagioenas f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Columbidae.

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References

  1. 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; []
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