WoRMS taxon details
Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
AphiaID: 212728
AphiaID: 212728
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Columbiformes (Order) > Columbidae (Family) > Oena (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Oena Swainson, 1837 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Distribution | Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (121 publications) To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 13 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Length: 22-27 cm. Plumage: tail long and graduated; above mostly grey-brown, lower back with two dark bands surrounding one buff band; wings with rufous primaries; generally whitish below; male with black on forehead, face, foreneck and extending onto breast; female with some white on face, no black, chin to breast grey-brown. Immature like female but with buff edges to feathers of back and wing coverts giving barred appearance; throat spotted. Bare parts: iris brown; bill yellow to yellow-orange with purple base in male, blackish in female; feet and legs purple. Habitat: dry areas but fly daily from mainland to Zanzibar island. Resident. <389><391><393> [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212728 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Oena capensis (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212728 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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