Lord Howe pigeon

Lord Howe pigeon
George Raper's painting of the Lord Howe pigeon, which was used to describe the subspecies
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
Species:
Subspecies:
C. v. godmanae
Trinomial name
Columba vitiensis godmanae
Mathews, 1915
Synonyms
  • Raperia godmanae
  • Janthoenas godmanae

The Lord Howe pigeon or white-throated pigeon (Columba vitiensis godmanae), was a subspecies of the metallic pigeon which existed on Lord Howe Island. It became extinct in the 1850s.