The Mauritian turtle dove (Nesoenas cicur) is an extinct species of the pigeon genus Nesoenas which was endemic to Mauritius. The holotype is a right tarsometatarsus collected in 2008 in southeastern Mauritius.[2] It became extinct around 1730 because of overhunting, predation by rats, and deforestation.[3]
^BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Nesoenas cicur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62257034A119206244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62257034A119206244.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^Hume, J.P. (2011). "Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species". Zootaxa. 3124 (1): 1–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3124.1.1. First page
Malagasy turtledove or Madagascar turtledove (Nesoenas picturatus) is a bird species in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae. It is found in Mauritian-Indian...
now extinct: Another extinct species may belong to this genus: † Mauritianturtledove, Nesoenas cicur Cheke, Anthony S. (2005). "Naming segregates from...
Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. A.G.J. Rhodin...
Scottie, Ingrid and Otto) Birds: European turtledoveMauritian pink pigeon Mindanao bleeding-heart dove Ostrich (Mary and Drummer) Village weaver Visayan...
egrets (Bubulcus ibis), Indian barred ground dove, also called the zebra dove (Geopelia striata), turtledove (Nesoenas picturata), Indian mynah (Acridotheres...
the Mauritian flying fox remains on the island. The Rodrigues flying fox is now only found on the nearby island of Rodrigues, and the small Mauritian flying...
1969. François Cauche in 1651 briefly mentioned "white, black and red turtledoves", encountered in 1638, which is thought to be the first unequivocal mention...
scops owl, the Mascarene coot, the Mauritian shelduck, the Mauritian duck, and the Mauritius night heron. Extinct Mauritian reptiles include the saddle-backed...
Hinckley (1963) [1899]. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-21079-0 – via LacusCurtius. Falkner, David E. (2011)...
further inland we found [a] great number of geese, doves, grey parrots and other birds, also many land-turtles... And what we most did marvel at, when we held...
Naturalis museum in Leiden. Of the fossils found in the swamp, 63% belonged to turtles of the extinct genus Cylindraspis, and 7.1% belonged to dodos, which had...
Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. A.G.J. Rhodin...
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