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Long identified as Columba nitidissima. In 2020, the bird depicted was reidentified as a Seychelles blue pigeon.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344338972_Correcting_an_egregious_error_-rediscovering_early_images_of_the_Seychelles_Blue_Pigeon_Alectroenas_pulcherrimus_with_a_comment_on_Sonnerat's_original_misapplied_geographical_location">[1]</a></div>
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G. Haasbroek. ex Auct. Prof. H. Schlegel 1884. Sedert plm.1830 uitgestorven duif van Mauritius.