WoRMS taxon details
Oena Swainson, 1837
AphiaID: 205688
AphiaID: 205688
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Columbiformes (Order) > Columbidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Columbidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Size: very small. Plumage: primaries rufous; wing-spots metallic violet; rump banded; tail long and attenuated. Other characters: strongly sexually dimorphic. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205688 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Oena Swainson, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205688 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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