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Alopecoenas beccarii

Identification

Often shows a well developed white eye-ring

Distribution

Southeast Asia: Indonesia
Australasia: Papua New Guinea, Saint Matthias Islands, Melanesia, and the Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 7 subspecies:

• A. b. beccarii:

• Mountains of New Guinea

• A. b. johannae:

• Karkar Island (off eastern New Guinea) and Bismarck Archipelago (except for the Admiralty and St. Matthias groups)

• A. b. eichhorni:

• St. Matthias Islands (Mussau and Emira)

• A. b. admiralitatis:

• Manus Island (Admiralty Islands)

• A. b. masculinus:

• Nissan Island (western Solomon Islands)

• A. b. intermedius:

• Western Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Gizo and New Georgia Group)

• A. b. solomonensis:

• Eastern Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal, Makira, Santa Ana, Rennell)

Formerly placed in genus Gallicolumba by Clements.

Habitat

Moist montanes and forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes seeds.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Bronze Ground Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bronze_Ground_Dove

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