Santa Cruz Ground Dove - BirdForum Opus

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Pampusana sanctaecrucis

Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis

Distribution

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.
The Tanna Ground-Dove is sometimes treated as belonging to this species (either as a subspecies or even identical with it).
Formerly placed in genus Gallicolumba by Clements.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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