White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Luis F. Baptista, Pepper W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 2, 2018
Text last updated October 2, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colom blanc-i-negre |
| Czech | holub běloprsý |
| Dutch | Witkopduif |
| English | White-headed Pigeon |
| English (United States) | White-headed Pigeon |
| French | Pigeon leucomèle |
| French (France) | Pigeon leucomèle |
| German | Weißbrusttaube |
| Japanese | シロガシラカラスバト |
| Norwegian | dronningdue |
| Polish | gołąb białogłowy |
| Russian | Белоголовый вяхирь |
| Serbian | Beloglavi golub |
| Slovak | holub bielohlavý |
| Spanish | Paloma Blanquinegra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Paloma blanquinegra |
| Swedish | vithuvad duva |
| Turkish | Ak Başlı Güvercin |
| Ukrainian | Голуб білоголовий |
Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821
PROTONYM:
Columba leucomela
Temminck, 1821. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 13, p.126.
TYPE LOCALITY:
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COLUMBA
- columba
- leucomela
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-headed Pigeon
