White-breasted ground dove

White-breasted ground dove
At San Diego Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Alopecoenas
Species: A. jobiensis
Binomial name
Alopecoenas jobiensis
(Meyer, 1875)
Synonyms

Gallicolumba jobiensis

The white-breasted ground dove, white-bibbed ground dove, or purple ground dove (Alopecoenas jobiensis), is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Alopecoenas jobiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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