Columba nitidissima, Print, The Mauritius blue pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissimus) is an extinct species of blue pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. It has two extinct relatives from the Mascarenes and three extant ones from other islands. It is the type species of the genus of blue pigeons, Alectroenas., 1750-1790.

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Caption: Columba nitidissima, Print, The Mauritius blue pigeon (Alectroenas nitidissimus) is an extinct species of blue pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. It has two extinct relatives from the Mascarenes and three extant ones from other islands. It is the type species of the genus of blue pigeons, Alectroenas., 1750-1790

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Keywords: 1750-1790 • ALECTROENAS NITIDISSIMUS • ALECTROENAS • BLUE PIGEON FORMERLY ENDEMIC • BLUE PIGEONS • COLUMBA NITIDISSIMA • EXTINCT SPECIES • GENUS • INDIAN OCEAN EAST • ISLA • ISLAND • ISLANDS • MADAGASCAR • MASCARENE ISLAND • MASCARENES • MAURICIO • MAURITIUS BLUE PIGEON • MAURITIUS • PRINT • THREE EXTANT ONES • TWO EXTINCT RELATIVES • TYPE SPECIES