Alectroenas madagascariensis

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Alectroenas

At a glance

Occurrence records3 698

Data sources7

Biological traits22

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Alectroenas madagascariensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 698 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 698 records

01Narrative

The Madagascar blue pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. The species is closely related to the other two extant species of blue pigeon, the Comoros blue pigeon and the Seychelles blue pigeon. It is endemic to northern and eastern Madagascar.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsAVONETAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth4.2 mm

Beak length (culmen)17.5 mm

Beak length (nares)9.2 mm

Beak width4.1 mm

Body mass167 g

Hand-wing index33.6

Kipp's distance57.5 mm

Secondary length114 mm

Tail length81.5 mm

Tarsus length22.3 mm

Wing length171 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size1

Diet & foraging6

Canopy33 %

Fruit100 %

Midhigh33 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheFrugivore

Understory33 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size311 715 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 698 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 673

Museum / vouchered25

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO956 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 263≤1 km 50≤10 km 9>10 km 12

334 georeferenced · 3 339 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 673

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy22% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 3>10 km 4

9 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence25

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	13
Cambridge, US	3
New Haven, US	3
Toronto, CA	3
Ann Arbor, US	3

5 institutions · 25 of 25 vouchered records shown

Alectroenas madagascariensis

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging6

Habitat & environment4

Record type3 698 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 5 geolocated

Record type3 698 records