The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Oxypelia

(Columbidae; syn. Columbina Blue-eyed Ground Dove C. cyanopis) Gr. οξυς oxus  sharp, pointed; πελεια peleia  dove; "Key to the Genera.  ...   b'. First primary sharply attenuated at the tip.  c''. Tail longer than the wing. . . . . . . 12. OXYPELIA, p. 490.  ...   12. OXYPELIA.  Oxypelia, Salvad. . . . . . . . . Type. O. cyanopis." (Salvadori 1893); "Oxypelia Salvadori, 1893, Cat. Birds British Mus., XXI, p. 490.  Type, by original designation, O. cyanopis, i.e. Peristera cyanopis von Pelzeln, 1870." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Oxypelua.


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