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English: The Mauritius Blue Pigeon or Pigeon Hollandais (Alectroenas nitidissima[1]) is an extinct species of pigeon formerly endemic to Mauritius.
Français : Le Founingo hollandais (Alectroenas nitidissima) était un pigeon mauricien appartenant à la famille des columbidae et à la sous-famille des treroninae.
Deutsch: Die Mauritius-Fruchttaube (Alectroenas nitidissima) ist eine ausgestorbene Taubenart aus der Gattung der Blauen Fruchttauben (Alectroenas). Sie war endemisch auf Mauritius.
Español: La paloma azul de Mauricio es una especie de paloma extinta que desapareció en los años 30 del siglo XIX debido a la introducción de especies invasoras por el hombre en su hábitat. Era un endemismo de la isla de Mauricio.
Português: O pombo-azul (Alectroenas nitidissima) viveu nas ilhas Mauricias e ilhas Mascarenhas.
日本語: モーリシャスルリバト (学名：Alectroenas mitidissima) は、ハト目ハト科に属する鳥類の一種。 インド洋西部のモーリシャス島に生息していたが、すでに絶滅した。別名ブルーピジョン。なお、近縁の種にセーシェルルリバト (Alectroenas pulcherrima)、ロドリゲスルリバト (Alectroenas rodericana) の2種があったが、こちらもすでに絶滅している。
中文: 毛里裘斯藍鳩（Alectroenas nitidissima），又名馬島藍鳩，是毛里裘斯已滅絕的鴿。牠們呈白色、深藍色及紅色，令皮埃爾·索納拉特（Pierre Sonnerat）聯想起荷蘭國旗。
Date 1907
Source Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937). ( http://www.archive.org/details/extinctbirdsatte00roth)
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