Henderson ground dove
Temporal range: ?Late Pleistocene-Holocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Pampusana
Species:
P. leonpascoi
Binomial name
Pampusana leonpascoi
(Worthy & Wragg, 2003)
Synonyms
  • Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy & Wragg, 2003
  • Alopecoenas leonpascoi

The Henderson ground dove (Pampusana leonpascoi), or Henderson Island ground dove, is an extinct species of bird in the family Columbidae. It was described from Holocene to possibly Late Pleistocene-aged subfossil remains found on Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group in 1991. Its relatively small wings suggest it was flightless.

References

  1. ↑ Trevor H. Worthy; Graham M. Wragg (2003). "A New Species of Gallicolumba: Columbidae from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 33 (4): 769–793. doi:10.1080/03014223.2003.9517758.


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