Information about Turacoena

Turacoena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae
Genus:Turacoena
Bonaparte, 1854
Species


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Turacoena is a small genus of Doves. It includes just 2 species.
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Columbiformes
Latham, 1790

Families
  • Columbidae
  • Raphidae


The bird order Columbiformes includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues
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Columbidae

Subfamilies

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Pigeons and doves constitute the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerine birds.
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Charles Lucien (Carlo) Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (May 24, 1803 – July 29, 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist. He was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and nephew of Emperor Napoleon.
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Columbidae

Subfamilies

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Pigeons and doves constitute the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerine birds.
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T. manadensis

Binomial name
Turacoena manadensis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

The White-faced Cuckoo-dove (Turacoena manadensis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.
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T. modesta

Binomial name
Turacoena modesta
(Temminck, 1835)

The Slaty Cuckoo-dove (Turacoena modesta) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.
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