Other blue pigeons perch on bare branches, making them vulnerable to hunters.

This is a characteristic behaviour of other blue pigeons, too, and they can also vibrate their hackles.

It is the type species of the genus of blue pigeons, Alectroenas.

Its decline can be correlated with deforestation, which is also the main threat to extant blue pigeons.

White and blue pigeons take bath here.

Bukowski, Charles:the blue pigeon [from what matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

The blue pigeons are the bird species in the genus Alectroenas of the pigeon family.

The Mauritius Blue Pigeon coexisted with humans for 200 years.

It can be concluded that the Mauritius Blue Pigeon became extinct in the 1830s.

Milbert may in any case have been referring to arboreal snails, as extant blue pigeons rarely land on the ground.

Wrapped around by a quilted satin robe, she looked even wider than usual, reminding Cassandra of a rather large blue pigeon.

Compared to other pigeons, the blue pigeons are medium to large, stocky, have comparatively long wings and tails.

Alectroenas blue pigeons are closely interrelated and occur widely throughout islands in the western Indian Ocean.

Blue pigeons at African Bird Club.

The bird has also recently been depicted with facial crenulations, like those of the Seychelles Blue Pigeon.

It was the largest and most robust member of its genus, and the hackles were longer and covered a larger area than in other blue pigeons.

It has a hibiscus walkway and an orchid garden with more than 200 varieties; among the birds are witch doves, orioles and blue pigeons.

It was not identified as a Mauritius Blue Pigeon until Alfred Newton saw it in 1879.

Madagascar Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)

Comoro Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas sganzini)

Seychelles Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus)

Réunion Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas sp.)

The Madagascar Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

This derivation had been taken so much for granted that biological nomenclaturists named the common pigeon Columba livia with a supposed meaning of "blue pigeon."

The blue pigeons may have colonised the Mascarenes, the Seychelles or a now submerged hotspot island by "island hopping".

It is the type species of the genus of blue pigeons, Alectroenas.

The blue pigeons are the bird species in the genus Alectroenas of the pigeon family.

This bird is usually assigned to the genus Alectroenas, but this is erroneous.

The Alectroenas blue pigeons are closely interrelated and occur widely throughout islands in the western Indian Ocean.

Madagascar Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)

Comoro Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas sganzini)

Seychelles Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus)

Réunion Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas sp.)

The Madagascar Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Recent evidence suggests Ptilinopus as presently defined is paraphyletic as Alectroenas and Drepanoptila are embedded within it.

Willem Ysbrandtszoon Bontekoe mentioned ramiers (doves) with blue wings in 1619 as being abundant; apparently a species of Alectroenas.

The extinct Rodrigues Grey Pigeon (Nesoenas rodericana) was once assigned to the genus Alectroenas, but this was erroneous.

The Rodrigues Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei) is an extinct species of blue pigeon which was endemic to Rodrigues.

The last reports of native pigeons were by Père Bernardin in 1687 and by Guillaume Houssaye in 1689, although the Alectroenas may have existed for a somewhat longer time.

The Ptilinopus fruit doves are some of the brightest coloured pigeons, with the three endemic species of Fiji and the Indian Ocean Alectroenas being amongst the brightest coloured.

The Seychelles Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrimus) (also known as Seychelles Blue Fruit Dove) is a medium-sized pigeon which inhabits woodland areas of the granitic Seychelles archipelago.

In reality, it probably belongs to an undescribed genus, as the sternum's shape is very dissimilar in its details to that of Alectroenas or Columba, and indeed to any other living genus of pigeons and doves.

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.

The three Mascarene islands were each home to a species: the Mauritius Blue Pigeon, the Rodrigues Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas payandeei), and the Réunion Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas sp.)

Even the small pigeons that used to inhabit RodriguesThe Rodrigues Grey Pigeon "Alectroenas" rodericana which was extant in 1693 and the presumed Rodrigues Turtle-dove, Nesoenas (picturata) rodericana which was never documented alive: Hachisuka (1953), pp.