Ryukyu green pigeon, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 18 relations: Bird, BirdLife International, Bonin wood pigeon, Columbidae, Endemism, Forest, Habitat, Habitat destruction, International Ornithologists' Union, IUCN Red List, Japan, Kohama Island, Leonhard Stejneger, Plantation, Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu wood pigeon, Subspecies, Taiwan green pigeon.

2. Endemic birds of Japan
3. Treron

Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Bonin wood pigeon

The Bonin wood pigeon (Columba versicolor) was a pigeon endemic to Nakodo-jima and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, south of Japan. Ryukyu green pigeon and Bonin wood pigeon are Columbiformes stubs.

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Columbidae

Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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International Ornithologists' Union

The International Ornithologists' Union (IOU) is an international organization for the promotion of ornithology.

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IUCN Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Kohama Island

(Yaeyama: Kumoo, Okinawan: Kubama) is an island in the Yaeyama Islands group at the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands chain, and part of Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Leonhard Stejneger

Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist.

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Plantation

Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on.

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Ryukyu Islands

The, also known as the or the, are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost.

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Ryukyu wood pigeon

The Ryukyu wood pigeon (Columba jouyi), otherwise known as the silver-banded or silver-crescented pigeon is an extinct species of bird in the Columba genus in the family Columbidae. Ryukyu green pigeon and Ryukyu wood pigeon are birds described in 1887 and endemic birds of Japan.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Taiwan green pigeon

The Taiwan green pigeon or whistling green pigeon (Treron formosae) is a bird in the family Columbidae. Ryukyu green pigeon and Taiwan green pigeon are Columbiformes stubs and Treron.

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See also

Endemic birds of Japan

• Amami thrush
• Amami woodcock
• Bonin greenfinch
• Bonin grosbeak
• Bonin nankeen night heron
• Bonin thrush
• Bonin white-eye
• Copper pheasant
• Green pheasant
• Iriomote tit
• Izu thrush
• Japanese green woodpecker
• Lidth's jay
• List of endemic birds of Japan
• Mukojima white-eye
• Okinawa rail
• Okinawa robin
• Okinawa woodpecker
• Owston's tit
• Ryukyu flycatcher
• Ryukyu green pigeon
• Ryukyu minivet
• Ryukyu robin
• Ryukyu wood pigeon
• Ryūkyū scops owl

Treron

• African green pigeon
• Andaman green pigeon
• Ashy-headed green pigeon
• Bruce's green pigeon
• Buru green pigeon
• Cinnamon-headed green pigeon
• Comoro green pigeon
• Flores green pigeon
• Green pigeon
• Grey-cheeked green pigeon
• Grey-fronted green pigeon
• Large green pigeon
• Little green pigeon
• Madagascar green pigeon
• Orange-breasted green pigeon
• Pemba green pigeon
• Philippine green pigeon
• Pin-tailed green pigeon
• Pink-necked green pigeon
• Pompadour green pigeon
• Ryukyu green pigeon
• São Tomé green pigeon
• Sri Lanka green pigeon
• Sumatran green pigeon
• Sumba green pigeon
• Taiwan green pigeon
• Thick-billed green pigeon
• Timor green pigeon
• Wedge-tailed green pigeon
• White-bellied green pigeon
• Yellow-footed green pigeon
• Yellow-vented green pigeon

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_green_pigeon

Also known as Treron permagnus.