The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Oreopeleia

(Columbidae; syn. Geotrygon Ruddy Quail Dove G. montana martinica) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain (i.e. mountains of Martinique); πελεια peleia  dove; "Genera et Species typicae.  ...  δ. *Oreopeleia Rchb.  martinicana (Col. — Briss.)  Ic. Av. t. 257. ic. 1431—32. t. 257b. ic. 3382. t. 224. ic. 1259. t. 258. ic. 1439. t. 266. ic. 2882—83." (Reichenbach 1853); "Oreopeleia Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., 1852 (1853), p. xxv. Type, by original designation, Columba martinicana Brisson = Columba martinica Linné." (Peters, 1938, III, p. 128).
Var. Oropeleia, Oropelia, Oreopelia.


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