Bronze_ground_dove

Bronze ground dove

Bronze ground dove

Species of bird

The bronze ground dove (Pampusana beccarii) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

This species was formerly in the genus Alopecoenas Sharpe, 1899, but the name of the genus was changed in 2019 to Pampusana Bonaparte, 1855 as this name has priority.[2][3] Birds from the eastern part of its range are sometimes treated as a separate species, Pampusana (or Alopecoenas) johannae.

Distribution and habitat

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 with an elevation up to 1250 meters.[4]

Bronze ground dove (above)

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Alopecoenas beccarii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T60444792A95160638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60444792A95160638.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    Bruce, M.; Bahr, N.; David, N. (2016). "Pampusanna vs. Pampusana: a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 136: 86–100.
  3. [3]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Pigeons". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. [4]
    Woxvold, Iain A.; Novera, Junior (2021-06-15). "Avifauna of the Aiope River basin, Kunua District, north-west Bougainville Island". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 141 (2). doi:10.25226/bboc.v141i2.2021.a12. ISSN 0007-1595.


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