The Zoochat Photographic Guide To Mesites, Pigeons And Sandgrouse

Geotrygon


Purple Quail-dove (Geotrygon purpurata)

The range of this species is restricted to the northwest Pacific coastline of South America, from northwest Colombia south to northwest Ecuador.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sapphire Quail-dove (Geotrygon saphirina)

The range of this species extends from eastern Ecuador and southeast Colombia in the north, south to southeast Peru.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. s. saphirina
G. s. rothschildi


Crested Quail-dove (Geotrygon versicolor)

Endemic to Jamaica.

Monotypic.

Photo by @TeaLovingDave

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Grey-headed Quail-dove (Geotrygon caniceps)

Endemic to Cuba.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-fronted Quail-dove (Geotrygon leucometopia)

Endemic to Hispaniola; restricted to the Dominican Republic, although historical records may exist from Haiti.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Ruddy Quail-dove (Geotrygon montana)

The range of this species extends throughout Central America from east-central Mexico southwards, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and into South America as far south as northeast Argentina and south-central Brazil.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. m. montana - photo by @Tomek

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G. m. martinica


Violaceous Quail-dove (Geotrygon violacea)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a fragmented, broken distribution throughout Central America and northern South America, from Nicaragua and Costa Rica in the north, and northeast Argentina and Paraguay in the south; absent from much of Brazil outside the south and extreme northeast.

Two subspecies recognised:

G. v. albiventer
G. v. violacea

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Key West Quail-dove (Geotrygon chrysia)

The range of this species extends throughout the Bahamas and Greater Antilles, barring Jamaica, and formerly extended north into the Florida Keys.

Monotypic.

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Bridled Quail-dove (Geotrygon mystacea)

The range of this species extends from Puerto Rico and into the Lesser Antilles as far as St Lucia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Leptotrygon


Olive-backed Quail-dove (Leptotrygon veraguensis)

The range of this species extends from the Caribbean slope of southern Nicaragua, through Costa Rica and the Pacific slope of eastern Panama, into western Colombia and south from here to northwest Ecuador.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Leptotila


White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)

The range of this species extends from the southwest USA, into Mexico and Central America, and throughout South America, as far south as north-central Argentina and Uruguay; absent from the Andes and western coastline.

Fourteen subspecies recognised:

L. v. capitalis
L. v. angelica - photo by @d1am0ndback

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L. v. fulviventris
L. v. bangsi
L. v. nuttingi
L. v. verreauxi - photo by @Maguari

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L. v. zapluta
L. v. tobagensis
L. v. hernandezi
L. v. decolor - photo by @ronnienl

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L. v. brasiliensis
L. v. approximans
L. v. decipiens
L. v. chalcauchenia


Caribbean Dove (Leptotila jamaicensis)

The range of this species extends throughout the Yucatan Peninsula and adjacent offshore islands, and into Jamaica.

Four subspecies recognised:

L. j. gaumeri
L. j. collaris
L. j. jamaicensis
L. j. neoxena

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-chested Dove (Leptotila cassinii)

The range of this species extends throughout Central America from south-east Mexico in the north to Panama in the south, and into northern South America as far as northern Colombia.

Three subspecies recognised:

L. c. cerviniventris
L. c. rufinucha
L. c. cassinii


Tolima Dove (Leptotila conoveri)

The range of this species is restricted to a small portion of the central Colombian Andes.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Ochre-bellied Dove (Leptotila ochraceiventris)

The range of this species is restricted to a small portion of coastal northwest South America, from southwest Ecuador to northwest Peru.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-headed Dove (Leptotila plumbeiceps)

The range of this species extends throughout Central America, from eastern Mexico to Nicaragua, and patchily into Costa Rica, Panama and as far south as western Colombia.

Two subspecies recognised:

L. p. plumbeiceps
L. p. notia

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Brown-backed Dove (Leptotila battyi)

The range of this species is restricted to the Pacific slope of Panama, and Coiba Island to the west.

Two subspecies recognised:

L. b. malae
L. b. battyi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Grey-fronted Dove (Leptotila rufaxilla)

The range of this species extends throughout much of northern and central South America, from eastern Colombia in the north, through the Guianas and Venezuela into Ecuador, Peru and Brazil, to Paraguay, Uruguay and northeast Argentina in the south.

Six subspecies recognised:

L. r. pallidipectus
L. r. dubusi
L. r. rufaxilla
L. r. hellmayri
L. r. bahiae
L. r. reichenbachii

Photo by @Kakapo

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Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi)

Endemic to Grenada in the Lesser Antilles.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida)

The range of this species extends throughout the tropical lowlands of the Pacific northwest coast of South America, from western Colombia, through Ecuador to northwest Peru.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ronnienl

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Yungas Dove (Leptotila megalura)

The range of this species extends throughout the central Andes, from northern Bolivia to northwest Argentina.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Zentrygon


Tuxtla Quail-dove (Zentrygon carrikeri)

Endemic to Sierra de los Tuxtlas in southeast Mexico.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Buff-fronted Quail-dove (Zentrygon costaricensis)

The range of this species extends throughout Costa Rica and western Panama.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Purplish-backed Quail-dove (Zentrygon lawrencii)

The range of this species extends throughout the montane rainforests of Costa Rica and Panama.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

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White-faced Quail-dove (Zentrygon albifacies)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout southeast Mexico in the west, through Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador into northwest Nicaragua in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-throated Quail-dove (Zentrygon frenata)

The range of this species extends throughout the Andes, from western Colombia in the north, through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia into northwest Argentina in the south.

Four subspecies recognised:

Z. f. bourcieri
Z. f. subgrisea
Z. f. frenata
Z. f. margaritae

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Lined Quail-dove (Zentrygon linearis)

The range of this species extends patchily through central and northeast Colombia in the southwest, through northern Venezuela, into Trinidad and Tobago in the east.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Chiriqui Quail-dove (Zentrygon chiriquensis)

The range of this species extends throughout the drier montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive

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Russet-crowned Quail-dove (Zentrygon goldmani)

The range of this species is restricted to central and southeast Panama, and adjacent northwest Colombia.

Two subspecies recognised:

Z. g. oreas
Z. g. goldmani

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Zenaida


Socorro Dove (Zenaida graysoni)

Extinct in the wild; formerly endemic to Socorro Island off the western coast of Mexico. Captive breeding projects are underway, with reintroduction planned.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ro6ca66

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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)

The range of this species extends across southern North America and throughout Central America, from New Mexico and Arizona in the southwest USA, to easternmost Panama and adjacent Colombia; the species also extends throughout the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and north into the Bahamas and Florida.

Three subspecies recognised:

Z. a. mearnsi - photo by @Tomek

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Z. a. asiatica
Z. a. australis - photo by @Maguari

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West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida meloda)

The range of this species extends across the Pacific coast of South America, from southwest Ecuador in the north, to northern Chile in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Nick@Amsterdam

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Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita)

The range of this species extends throughout the Caribbean, from the Bahamas south into the Greater and Lesser Antilles.

Three subspecies recognised:

Z. a. salvadorii - photo by @vogelcommando

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Z. a. zenaida - photo by @d1am0ndback

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Z. a. aurita


Galapagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)

Endemic to the Galapagos.

Two subspecies recognised:

Z. g. exsul
Z. g. galapagoensis - photo by @redpanda

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Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

The range of this species extends throughout the vast majority of South America, barring Amazonian Brazil and adjacent areas of the Andes.

Eleven subspecies recognised:

Z. a. vinaceorufa
Z. a. stenura
Z. a. jessieae
Z. a. marajoensis
Z. a. noronha
Z. a. pentheria
Z. a. antioquiae
Z. a. caucae
Z. a. hypoleuca - photo by @Nick@Amsterdam

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Z. a. chrysauchenia
Z. a. auriculata


Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

The range of this species extends throughout North America and Central America, from British Columbia in the west to Nova Scotia in the east, and south throughout the USA and Mexico into Central America to Costa Rica and western Panama.

Five subspecies recognised:

Z. m. marginella - photo by @ThylacineAlive

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Z. m. carolinensis - photo by @Maguari

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Z. m. macroura - photo by @alexkant

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Z. m. clarionensis
Z. m. turturilla

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Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida)

The range of this species extends throughout the tropical lowlands of the Pacific northwest coast of South America, from western Colombia, through Ecuador to northwest Peru.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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I have uploaded a picture of this species, plus the Patagioenas cayennensis andersoni, in the Ecuador-wildlife section.
 
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Key West Quail-dove (Geotrygon chrysia)

The range of this species extends throughout the Bahamas and Greater Antilles, barring Jamaica, and formerly extended north into the Florida Keys.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Have just uploaded 2 photos in the Weltvogelpatk Walsrode - gallery :).
 
Columbina


Inca Dove (Columbina inca)

The range of this species extends throughout southern North America and into Central America, from southwest and south-central USA in the north to northwest Costa Rica in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @MagicYoung

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Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata)

The range of this species comprises a pair of widely-distributed populations in South America; coastal Colombia and Venezuela in the north; and central and eastern Brazil into Paraguay and Argentina in the south.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. s. ridgwayi
C. s. squammata

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Common Ground-dove (Columbina passerina)

The range of this species extends throughout southern North America and into Central America and northeast South America, from Baja California in the west through the southern USA to Florida and southwest South Carolina in the east, and south through Central America and the Caribbean into South America as far as northeast Brazil and central Ecuador.

Nineteen subspecies recognised:

C. p. passerina - photo by @Ituri

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C. p. pallescens - photo by @d1am0ndback

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C. p. socorroensis
C. p. neglecta
C. p. bahamensis
C. p. exigua
C. p. insularis
C. p. jamaicensis
C. p. umbrina
C. p. navassae
C. p. portoricensis
C. p. nigrirostris
C. p. trochila
C. p. antillarum
C. p. albivitta
C. p. parvula
C. p. nana
C. p. quitensis
C. p. griseola

Photo by @alexkant

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Plain-breasted Ground-dove (Columbina minuta)

The range of this species extends patchily throughout Central and South America, from southern Mexico to as far south as south-central Paraguay and northeast Argentina; the species is mostly restricted to arid scrub and grassland, and as such is absent from much of Amazonian Brazil.

Four subspecies recognised:

C. m. interrupta
C. m. elaeodes
C. m. minuta
C. m. amazilia

Photo by @alexkant

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Ecuadorian Ground-dove (Columbina buckleyi)

The range of this species is restricted to a short stretch of the Pacific coastline of northwest South America, from northwest Ecuador to northwest Peru.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. b. buckleyi
C. b. dorsti

Photo by @vogelcommando

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Ruddy Ground-dove (Columbina talpacoti)

The range of this species extends throughout Central and South America, from coastal northern Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula in the north, into Central America and more-or-less the entirety of South America east of the Andes, to Uruguay and northern Argentina in the south.

Four subspecies recognised:

C. t. eluta - photo by @vogelcommando

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C. t. rufipennis - photo by @ralph

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C. t. caucae
C. t. talpacoti


Picui Dove (Columbina picui)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central South America, from southeast Bolivia in the north, through Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil, to central Chile and northern Argentina in the south; a disjunct population exists in northeast Brazil.

Two subspecies recognised:

C. p. strepitans
C. p. picui

Photo by @Ituri

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Croaking Ground-dove (Columbina cruziana)

The range of this species extends along the Pacific coastline of South America, from southwest Colombia in the north, to northern Chile in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Tomek

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Blue-eyed Ground-dove (Columbina cyanopis)

The range of this species, until recently feared extinct having not been recorded since the 1980s, is restricted to a tiny handful of sites in south-central Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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I have pictures of common ground doves from Central Florida as well as South Texas, Weslaco to be exact in Texas. I believe the ones in Florida belong to the nominate subspecies, and the ones in South Texas could be pallescens subspecies, though I don't have a good understanding of the range of pallescens and am struggling to find information about it, as the most detailed range data I have found so far is "Colorado Delta and Baja California E through S Arizona to S Texas".

I also have a photo of the Zenaida Dove that hung around Miami this year, but as it is a vagrant I am unsure which subspecies it would fall under, though if I had to guess it would not be the subspecies currently represented in the gallery.

Finally, I have photographed White-tipped Doves in South Texas, which I believe is the angelica subspecies.

I will upload all of these photos tomorrow into the gallery, but any clarification as to what the subspecies of these doves are would be very helpful, as this is not an area I am very knowledgeable in.
 
Claravis


Blue Ground-dove (Claravis pretiosa)

The range of this species extends throughout Central and South America, from southeast Mexico in the north, into Central America and much of South America east of the Andes, to northeast Argentina, Paraguay and southeast Brazil in the south.

Monotypic.

Photo by @ThylacineAlive

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Maroon-chested Ground-dove (Claravis mondetoura)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a fragmented distribution through Central America and northwest South America, from southeast Mexico in the north, to the foothills of the Andes in Colombia, and along the Andes to west-central Bolivia in the south.

Six subspecies recognised:

C. m. ochoterena
C. m. salvini
C. m. umbrina
C. m. pulchra
C. m. mondetoura
C. m. inca

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Purple-winged Ground-dove (Claravis geoffroyi)

The range of this species represents a highly-fragmented and patchy distribution of disjunct populations from northeast Argentina to southeast Brazil.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Any idea which species of Macropygia it was that I uploaded to the Bali zoo gallery? I'd be most interested to know - cheers
 
Metriopelia


Bare-faced Ground-dove (Metriopelia ceciliae)

The range of this species extends throughout the Andes from northern Peru to northwest Argentina.

Three subspecies recognised:

M. c. ceciliae - photo by @Rupicola

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M. c. obsoleta
M. c. zimmeri


Moreno's Ground-dove (Metriopelia morenoi)

The range of this species is restricted to a short stretch of the puna grassland of northwest Argentina.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Black-winged Ground-dove (Metriopelia melanoptera)

The range of this species extends along the Andes in South America, from southwest Colombia in the north to southern Chile and western Argentina in the south, and from here into Tierra del Fuego.

Two subspecies recognised:

M. m. saturatior
M. m. melanoptera

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Golden-spotted Ground-dove (Metriopelia aymara)

The range of this species extends through the Andes of south-central Peru to northern Chile and northwest Argentina.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Goura said:
Any idea which species of Macropygia it was that I uploaded to the Bali zoo gallery? I'd be most interested to know - cheers
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Not entirely sure - when I have a chance I intend to root out as many photographs of the candidate species as possible, given the suggestion by @devilfish that it may be a juvenile.
 
Uropelia


Long-tailed Ground-dove (Uropelia campestris)

The range of this species extends throughout west-central and central Brazil, with disjunct populations present in northern Brazil and northwest Bolivia.

Two subspecies recognised:

U. c. campestris
U. c. figginsi

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.
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Henicophaps


New Guinea Bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons)

The range of this species extends throughout the West Papuan Islands, New Guinea and Aru Islands.

Two subspecies recognised:

H. a. albifrons - photo by @devilfish

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H. a. schlegeli


New Britain Bronzewing (Henicophaps foersteri)

Endemic to New Britain and adjacent islands of the southern Bismarck Archipelago.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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Gallicolumba


Luzon Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica)

The range of this species extends throughout Luzon in the Philippines, and into the adjacent islands of Polillo and Catanduanes.

Three subspecies recognised:

G. l. griseolateralis - photo by @Nick@Amsterdam

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G. l. luzonica - photo by @ro6ca66

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G. l. rubiventris


Mindanao Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera)

The range of this species extends throughout Mindanao and adjacent islands of the southeast Philippines.

Three subspecies are recognised:

G. c. leytensis
G. c. crinigera - photo by @ro6ca66

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G. c. bartletti - photo by @savethelephant

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Mindoro Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba platenae)

Endemic to Mindoro in the north-central Philippines.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Negros Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba keayi)

Endemic to Panay and Negros in the central Philippines.

Monotypic.

Photo by @alexkant

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Sulu Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei)

This species is potentially extinct, not having been reliably reported since the 1970s; formerly endemic to Tawitawi, in the southern Sulu Islands of the Philippines, and certainly extirpated from the main island. There is some suggestion the species may survive in tiny numbers on offshore islets.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Sulawesi Ground-dove (Gallicolumba tristigmata)

Endemic to Sulawesi in the Philippines.

Three subspecies are recognised:

G. t. tristigmata
G. t. bimaculata - photo by @Tomek

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G. t. auripectus


Cinnamon Ground-dove (Gallicolumba rufigula)

Endemic to New Guinea and adjacent offshore islands.

Five subspecies recognised:

G. r. rufigula - photo by @ro6ca66

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G. r. septentrionalis
G. r. helviventris
G. r. alaris
G. r. orientalis
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Alopecoenas


Tanna Ground-dove (Alopecoenas ferrugineus)

Extinct; previously endemic to Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Known only from two specimens, now lost, which were collected in the late 18th century; the extinction of the species is believed to have occurred by the early 19th century, and is presumed to have been caused by the introduction of rats.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Thick-billed Ground-dove (Alopecoenas salamonis)

Extinct; previously endemic to the southeast Solomon Islands. Known only from two specimens taken in 1882 and 1927 respectively, with extensive surveys in the 1990s showing no sign of the continued existence of the species, nor any living memory of the species. The extinction of the species is believed to have occurred by the 1940s at the latest, as a result of hunting, predation and habitat loss.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Wetar Ground-dove (Alopecoenas hoedtii)

Endemic to Timor and Wetar in the eastern Lesser Sundas.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-breasted Ground-dove (Alopecoenas jobiensis)

The range of this species extends from New Guinea in the west, into the Bismarck Archipelago and D’Entrecasteaux Islands, and to the central Solomon Islands in the east.

Two subspecies are recognised:

A. j. jobiensis - photo by @Tomek

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A. j. chalconotus


Caroline Ground-dove (Alopecoenas kubaryi)

Endemic to Chuuk and Pohnpei in the central Caroline Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


White-throated Ground-dove (Alopecoenas xanthonurus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Northern Mariana Islands and Yap Island in the Caroline Islands; extirpated from Guam.

Monotypic.

Photo by @savethelephant

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Polynesian Ground-dove (Alopecoenas erythropterus)

The range of this species is restricted to uninhabited atolls within the Tuamotu Archipelago; formerly extended throughout the Tuamotus and also the Society Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Marquesas Ground-dove (Alopecoenas rubescens)

The range of this species is restricted to Hatutu and Fatu Huku in the Marquesas Islands.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Western Bronze Ground-dove (Alopecoenas beccarii)

Endemic to New Guinea, where it is restricted to the central highland range.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Eastern Bronze Ground-dove (Alopecoenas johannae)

The range of this species extends from Karkar Island off the New Guinea coastline in the west, through the Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands, and throughout the Solomon Islands in the east.

Six subspecies recognised:

A. j. johannae
A. j. admiralitatis
A. j. eichhorni
A. j. masculinus
A. j. intermedius
A. j. solomonensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Palau Ground-dove (Alopecoenas canifrons)

Endemic to the Palau archipelago.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Santa Cruz Ground-dove (Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis)

Endemic to the Santa Cruz Islands.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Zooish

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Shy Ground-dove (Alopecoenas stairi)

The range of this species extends throughout Fiji, Tonga, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Samoa and American Samoa.

Two subspecies recognised:

A. s. stairi
A. s. vitiensis

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

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