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9 March 2021 The valid specific name of Sulawesi's Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove: gularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Normand David, Andy Elliott, Murray D. Bruce
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Abstract

We present evidence demonstrating that the combination Columba gularisQuoy & Gaimard, 1832, is not preoccupied by Columba gularisWagler, 1827, and is available. It should be used as the valid specific name of the taxon rather than the replacement name Leucotreron epiaOberholser, 1918.

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Normand David, Andy Elliott, and Murray D. Bruce "The valid specific name of Sulawesi's Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove: gularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832," Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141(1), 50-58, (9 March 2021). https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a5
Received: 5 October 2020; Published: 9 March 2021
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