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The Tanna ground dove (Gallicolumba ferruginea), also known as Forster's dove of Tanna, is an extinct species of dove in the Columbidae family. Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified into the genus Gallicolumba (which includes ground doves and bleeding-hearts); its closest relative is possibly the Santa Cruz ground dove. It was endemic to the Pacific island of Tanna, Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). Forster records a native name mahk, almost certainly from the Kwamera language.

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  • Tanna Ground Dove
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  • The Tanna ground dove (Gallicolumba ferruginea), also known as Forster's dove of Tanna, is an extinct species of dove in the Columbidae family. Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified into the genus Gallicolumba (which includes ground doves and bleeding-hearts); its closest relative is possibly the Santa Cruz ground dove. It was endemic to the Pacific island of Tanna, Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). Forster records a native name mahk, almost certainly from the Kwamera language.
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  • Extinct
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  • Tanna Ground Dove
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  • The female painted in 1774.
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  • †Gallicolumba ferruginea
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  • Forster's Dove of Tanna and Mahk
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  • Pacific island of Tanna, Vanuatu .
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  • The Tanna ground dove (Gallicolumba ferruginea), also known as Forster's dove of Tanna, is an extinct species of dove in the Columbidae family. Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified into the genus Gallicolumba (which includes ground doves and bleeding-hearts); its closest relative is possibly the Santa Cruz ground dove. It was endemic to the Pacific island of Tanna, Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides). Forster records a native name mahk, almost certainly from the Kwamera language. The taxonomic authority is often given as Wagler (1829). However, although Forster's Descriptiones… was finally printed in 1844, some time after Wagler's treatise, the original description was written in 1775 and thus predates Wagler.
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