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- Pampusana 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:
- P. b. beccarii:
- Mountains of New Guinea
- P. b. johannae:
- Karkar Island (off eastern New Guinea) and Bismarck Archipelago (except for the Admiralty and St. Matthias groups)
- P. b. eichhorni:
- St. Matthias Islands (Mussau and Emira)
- P. b. admiralitatis:
- Manus Island (Admiralty Islands)
- P. b. masculinus:
- Nissan Island (western Solomon Islands)
- P. b. intermedius:
- Western Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Gizo and New Georgia Group)
- P. 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
- 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/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bronze Ground Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bronze_Ground_Dove
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
