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Probably from Latinpatagīum(“gold edging or border”) + -ēnās (declined feminine form of -īnus); coined by German botanist and ornithologist Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach in 1852, probably in reference to the appearance of the collar feathers.
^ H. G. L. Reichenbach (1861?) Die vollstandigste Naturgeschichte der Tauben und taubenartigen Vogel: Wallnister, Erdtauben, Baumtauben, Hocco's; Columbariæ: Megapodinæ, Peristerinæ, Columbinæ, Alectorinæ (in German), Dresden & Leipzig, “XLVI. Patagioenas”, page 64: “[…]Kragenfedern grossschuppig metallglänzend und dunkel gesäumt;[…] ― Collar feathers large-scale, shiny-metallic and darkly-bordered;”
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