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Image: Pigeon Hollandais

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Description: Watercolour in the collection of The University of Amsterdam. It was drawn from life in Europe, and is thought to depict a displaying male. In 2020, the bird depicted was reidentified as a Seychelles blue pigeon.[1]
Title: Pigeon Hollandais
Credit: Hume, J.P. 2011: Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species. Zootaxa, 3124: 1-62 and http://extinct-website.com/extinct-website/product_info.php?cPath=22_48&products_id=474
Author: G. Haasbroek
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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